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Vivmac79
Since: May, 2017
13th Jun, 2017 12:34:27 AM
First book could be The kazillion wish by Nick place.
rachiebird
Since: May, 2014
13th Jun, 2017 02:27:37 PM
That's exactly what it is. I have no idea how it didn't turn up on google for me before now. Super weird.
Anyways though - thanks, man. It's been bugging me for a while.
Vivmac79
Since: May, 2017
13th Jun, 2017 04:16:23 PM
You're welcome.
Hi. Firstly I'm looking for a children's book that I read as a child. It is a chapter book that I would have gotten from a library, likely no earlier than 2006 or 2007.The title was "The Kazillionth Wish", or some other numerical word similar to "kazillionth". I think it was probably a made up number.
It featured at least one kid, probably a brother-sister duo, considering how books tend to go, trying to find a new wife for their dad through the format of having made a wish for it to happen. If I recall correctly:
At least part of the book took part in space (space-western-type space). The children were required to do some sort of legwork to make wish happen, since the involvement of interpersonal relationships made it into a very high-level wish (a kazillion wish).
They visited some sort of bar or cafe or other establishment in space where one of the menu options was a "ladybug smoothie", with the spots of the ladybugs represented by chocolate chips.
At some part during the book the text switched over to white on a black page to indicate how dark the area they were in was.
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Secondly, and not as seriously, I'm looking for what was probably a teen or young adult book. A boy had been transported into another world or dimension, and then later found himself stranded in a desert area.
As part of his plans for survival the boy considers the fact that people in deserts can conserve water by drinking their own urine. He drops his pants, pulls a few poses, and concludes that it seems doable - provided he can get a steady stream going. Also it was an audiobook.
Edited by rachiebird