The Eighth Birthday Wish

By Bruce E. Arrington

Sophia's birthday is finally here! And in her world, on your birthday you can ask for anything you want! Follow her adventure into the colorful underworld where she searches for a magical faery to make her wish come true. With kindness, courage, and love, she turns her birthday into the best one yet! The Eighth Birthday Wish, first published in 2014, is available in English, Spanish, and Greek.  

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pipe Dream Books
• Release date: Oct 30, 2016
• ISBN: 9781942031000

Bruce E. Arrington

Bruce Arrington is the author of more than fifteen books, including fantasy children's stories, sci fi/fantasy teen and young adult, and even a new adult romance novel. He likes to take average, everyday characters, and upend their lives through unusual and powerful circumstances. His latest thrill includes ziplining in the tropics of Costa Rica. Catch up with his latest writings here: https://www.facebook.com/PipeDreamBooks/ https://www.amazon.com/Bruce-Arrington/e/B0064TKY1G

Book preview

In the country of Narthland, far far from here,

Lived a girl named Sophia, whose life felt so drear.

Though at home she lacked no particular thing,

Her desire was denied—she just couldn’t sing.

To make matters worse, her family could,

All of them trilling like she thought she should.

Her mother and father, her grandparents too,

Sang like sweet angels with a heavenly view.

If that wasn’t enough, if there had to be more,

Her siblings could sing, her brothers—all four!

But she practiced her ranges, her pitches, her belting,

Til Grandpa would flee, and baby would howl,

When she could no longer squeak, let alone speak,

It gave