Careful What You Wish For

Eshana is a bit of a social misfit. She feels more comfortable talking to people online than in person. One day she discovers a website that claims to be a safe space where young people can support each other in making their dreams come true.

She starts talking with someone called Wise One. They hit it off immediately. Eshana admits to the Wise One how hard it is for her to make friends.

The next day she goes to school and suddenly everyone wants to talk to her. Eshana is thrilled. But then, after telling Wise One about a girl who has been bullying her, she hears that the girl has been injured in a car accident. Are Eshana's wishes really coming true? If so, is having the life she's always wanted worth the costs? (From Orca Book Publishers)

• 46 Canadian picture books published in spring 2020

Mahtab Narsimhan is a Vancouver author of several books for young readers, including You and Me Both,Embrace the Chicken, Mission Mumbai, The Tiffin and The Third Eye, which won the 2009 Silver Birch Fiction Award. Born in Mumbai, Narsimhan immigrated to Canada in 1997.