Wish You Well

4.1 avg 34050 votes

About this book

Precocious 12-year-old Louisa Mae Cardinal lives inthe hectic New York City of 1940 with her family.Then tragedy strikes--and Lou and her younger brother,Oz, must go with their invalid mother to live on theirgreat-grandmother's farm in the Virginia mountains.Suddenly Lou finds herself coming of age in a newlandscape, making her first true friend, and experiencingadventures tragic, comic, and audacious. But the forcesof greed and justice are about to clash over her newhome . . . and as their struggle is played out in a crowdedVirginia courtroom, it will determine the future of twochildren, an entire town, and the mountains they love.

4.1 ★★★★☆ average of 4 sources · 34050 votes
Open Library 3.3 6
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Goodreads 4.1 34050
Apple Books 4.5 687
Hardcover 3.7 23

Reader Profile

Enjoyment82Difficulty60Influence46Popularity49Classic26

4.1/5 · 34050 readers · 368 pages · ≈ 6 h 49 m · Moderate

How long does it take to read Wish You Well?

About ≈ 6 h 49 m — 368 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mWish You Well~6 h 49 m

How many pages is Wish You Well?

368 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320Wish You Well368

What genre is Wish You Well?

It sits on the Fiction shelves.

Has Wish You Well been made into a movie or TV show?

Yes — screen adaptations include Wish You Well (2013).

Is Wish You Well in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Where does Wish You Well take place?

It is set in Virginia, Southern Appalachian Region during 20th century.

Who wrote Wish You Well?

David Baldacci (1960–0).

Setting VirginiaSouthern Appalachian Region Time period 20th century
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