Read by Eileen Stevens

Paige's favorite family tradition on the farm is the annual bonfire where everyone tosses in a stone and makes a wish. This time, Paige's specific wish is one she's not sure can come true: Don't let Mom and Grandpa sell the farm. When Paige's younger brother finds a wounded peacock in the barn, Paige is sure it's a sign that if she can keep the bird safe, she'll keep the farm safe too. Peacocks, after all, are known to be fierce protectors of territory and family. With determination and hard work, Paige tries to prove she can save the farm on her own, but when a real estate agent stakes a "For Sale" sign at the end of the driveway and threatens everything Paige loves, she calls on her younger brother and her best friends, Mateo and Kimana, to help battle this new menace. They may not have street smarts, but they have plenty of farm smarts, and some city lady who's scared of spiders should be easy enough to drive away. But even as the peacock gets healthier, the strain of holding all the pieces of Paige's world together gets harder. Faced with a choice between home and family, she risks everything to make her wish come true, including the one thing that scares her the most: letting the farm go. Chapter One Hide-and-SeekChapter Two Stained-Glass WindowsChapter Three Chickens Are Terrible at SharingChapter Four Facts Are FactsChapter Five Royal TurkeyChapter Six Beads and BooksChapter Seven Fertilized BrainsChapter Eight No Spark, No FireChapter Nine A Little LostChapter Ten Calling to StrangersChapter Eleven Baby Spider HotelChapter Twelve Trained Attack-GrasshoppersChapter Thirteen StuckChapter Fourteen MilkshakeChapter Fifteen Count on MeChapter Sixteen Many Hands Make Light WorkChapter Seventeen Too LateChapter Eighteen EscapeChapter Nineteen Sounders and SquealersChapter Twenty Hoe to the End of the RowChapter Twenty-One Don't Say He's GoneChapter Twenty-Two Real Friends KnowChapter Twenty-Three He's All HeartChapter Twenty-Four A Web of WishesChapter Twenty-Five Down a WellChapter Twenty-Six Kiss a SkunkChapter Twenty-Seven Best Part of His DayChapter Twenty-Eight ReportChapter Twenty-Nine Wishfire "Emotional and rich…A thoughtful novel about love, loss, and the hope of a new beginning." "An impressive tale carrying universal themes of grief, change, and letting go."

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