


One wish must be a wish that is impossible, and one wish must be from the deepest caverns of her heart. One wish must be something the girl can make come true on her on. They must be made at the willow tree on the hill at a certain time, and they must fit the formula. They must follow the pattern of wishes to make them come true. On the third night of the third month after their thirteenth birthday, every girl in town gets to make three wishes. Natasha lives in Willow Hill, a town filled with tradition and magic, and Natasha wants desperately to believe in the magic. Since that time, her father spends most of his time in his workshop and leaves the raising of his girls to his wife’s sisters.

Natasha’s mother left the house eight years ago and has never returned. She has her father, her mother’s two sisters, and Natasha's two younger sisters. Thirteen-year-old Natasha is growing up surrounded by people who love her.
