If you were given one wish what would you wish for? Max wishes for a dog. However, Max's wish doesn't turn out quite the way he dreams.
Max is bullied in his new school, and to help him cope with that he has imagined a great big dog, King, who would walk beside him and protect him. The dog he dreams of is a big dog like King. The dog he gets is a dog so small Max doesn't think it could protect anything. He calls his new dog Ratty.
Max is soon wishing that Ratty would disappear. Do all wishes come true? To Max they seem to - but not in ways he expects. What Max doesn't even realize is that what he really needs is a friend.
Author Stephanie Tolan is probably best known for her 2003 Newbery Honor book Surviving the Applewhites. You can learn more about her books at: http://www.stephanietolan.com/.
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