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The Wishing Star.


The Wishing Star

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2. One that treats meat, fish, or other foods with salt.

Noun 1.
 

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When he doesn't get a special present on his tenth birthday, Robbie gets angry and makes a rash wish upon a falling star falling star: see meteor. . When his wish comes true, Robbie suddenly finds himself in a strange new and dangerous fantasy world, involuntarily separated from everyone and everything he has ever known! He wakes up to find that he has become a newborn Brontosaur! Now Robbie must learn how to adapt to his new surroundings in order to simply survive from one day to the next. He has the companionship of an older Brontosaur named Bronella and makes friends with Saura. Together Robbie and his new companions struggle against the Terrible Ones, a vicious group of meat eating dinosaurs led by the feared T-Rex Tyra. Can Robbie survive, will he risk his life for the sake of his friends, can his birthday wish ever be undone? The Wishing Star is an original, entertaining, deftly deft  
adj. deft·er, deft·est
Quick and skillful; adroit. See Synonyms at dexterous.



[Middle English, gentle, humble, variant of dafte, foolish; see daft.
 written story that carries a message of courage, compassion, and friendship while thoroughly enthralling en·thrall  
tr.v. en·thralled, en·thrall·ing, en·thralls
1. To hold spellbound; captivate: The magic show enthralled the audience.

2. To enslave.
 young readers with a fantasy adventure that will be remembered long after the story is finished and the novel set back upon the shelf.
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