If I Had One Wish is a young adult novel by Jackie French Koller, about a teenager named Alec Lansing, whose little brother Stevie is always getting him in trouble. The book was first published in 1991.

If I Had One Wish...
AuthorJackie French Koller
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
PublisherLittle, Brown & Company
Publication date
1991
Media typePrint
Pages161
ISBN0440408075
OCLC858008528
Adapted as You Wish! (2003)

Plot edit

One day an old woman grants Alec one wish for his kindness to her. Alec uses it to wish that his little brother Stevie had never been born; to his horror, it comes true. Although no one else remembers Stevie, and Alec's life is in some ways better now, he is still guilt-stricken, and desperately tries to find a way to reverse his wish.

Adaptation edit

In 2003, the story was adapted as a Disney Channel Original Movie titled You Wish!.

First edition edit