Fiona is the luckiest girl in the world. She discovers a thousand-year-old genie who will do whatever she asks him. But Fiona learns that she has to be very clear about the wishes she wants granted. After her sister is frozen in place, the house is covered in gold dust, and an elephant appears in her bedroom, Fiona decides that having a genie may not be so lucky after all.
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British children's and young adult author Mary Hooper was born in 1944, in Barnes, then in Surrey, nowadays in South West London. She left school at fifteen, and went to work as a window dresser, and then as a secretary. She eventually returned to school, as an adult student, earning a degree in English from Reading University. Hooper began her writing career with short stories, publishing in women's and teen magazines. Her first book, Jodie, was published in 1978. She is married, has two children, and one grandchild, and lives in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire.