''If I Had One Wish'' is a young adult novel by

Jackie French Koller Jackie French Koller (born 1948) is an American author of picture books, chapter books, and novels for children and young adults. She lives and writes in western Massachusetts. Koller is also an accomplished painter. Her interest in art inspi ...

, about a teenager named Alec Lansing, whose little brother Stevie is always getting him in trouble. The book was first published in 1991.

Plot

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

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

First edition

*Little, Brown & Co., 1991 () 1991 American novels American novels adapted into films American young adult novels American novels adapted into television shows Novels by Jackie French Koller {{1990s-ya-novel-stub