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Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 Wish
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Seb, a boy with Downs-Syndrome, believes there is only one way to make his ill mum better - he has to wish on enough planes as they fly overhead. With the help of some friends along the way, he finds himself having the adventure of a lifetime. But can he save his mum?

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Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has a Japanese translation.
  • Writing Disability in Australia:

    Type of disability Down syndrome.
    Type of character Primary.
    Point of view Third person.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: ウィッシュ : 願いをかなえよう!
Alternative title: Uisshu : negai o kanaeyō
Language: Japanese
    • Tokyo, Honshu,
      c
      Japan,
      c
      East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
      :
      Kodansha ,
      2011 .
      Extent: 147p.
      ISBN: 9784062171359

Works about this Work

The Choice is Yours, if You Really Believe Nicole Humphrey , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 15-16 October 2005; (p. 22)

— Review of Wish Felice Arena , 1999 single work novel ; Little Fur : The Legend of Little Fur Isobelle Carmody , 2005 single work children's fiction ; Falling Forward David Metzenthen , 1998 single work novel
Untitled Peg Goode , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 44 no. 1 2000; (p. 21)

— Review of Wish Felice Arena , 1999 single work novel
Untitled Margaret Phillips , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 14 no. 4 1999; (p. 33)

— Review of Wish Felice Arena , 1999 single work novel
Untitled Stella Lees , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 7 no. 4 1999; (p. 37)

— Review of Wish Felice Arena , 1999 single work novel
Untitled Peg Goode , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 44 no. 1 2000; (p. 21)

— Review of Wish Felice Arena , 1999 single work novel
The Choice is Yours, if You Really Believe Nicole Humphrey , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 15-16 October 2005; (p. 22)

— Review of Wish Felice Arena , 1999 single work novel ; Little Fur : The Legend of Little Fur Isobelle Carmody , 2005 single work children's fiction ; Falling Forward David Metzenthen , 1998 single work novel
Untitled Margaret Phillips , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 14 no. 4 1999; (p. 33)

— Review of Wish Felice Arena , 1999 single work novel
Untitled Stella Lees , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 7 no. 4 1999; (p. 37)

— Review of Wish Felice Arena , 1999 single work novel
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