What You Wish for -- Katherine Center

<p><b>The story's message, that people should choose joy even (and especially) in difficult and painful times, seems tailor-made for this moment. A timely, uplifting read about finding joy in the midst of tragedy, filled with quirky characters and comforting warmth.--<i>Kirkus </i>(starred review)</b><br><b><br>From the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>How to Walk Away</i> comes a stunning new novel full of heart and hope.</b> <p/>Samantha Casey is a school librarian who loves her job, the kids, and her school family with passion and joy for living.<br>But she wasn't always that way. <br>Duncan Carpenter is the new school principal who lives by rules and regulations, guided by the knowledge that bad things can happen. <br>But he wasn't always that way. <p/>And Sam knows it. Because she knew him before--at another school, in a different life. Back then, she loved him--but she was invisible. To him. To everyone. Even to herself. She escaped to a new school, a new job, a new chance at living. But when Duncan, of all people, gets hired as the new principal there, it feels like the best thing that could possibly happen to the school--and the worst thing that could possibly happen to Sam. Until the opposite turns out to be true. The lovable Duncan she'd known is now a suit-and-tie wearing, rule-enforcing tough guy so hell-bent on protecting the school that he's willing to destroy it. <p/>As the school community spirals into chaos, and danger from all corners looms la