Katie’s Wish is the story of Katie, a third grader who lived happily in a small city with her pretty mother and doting father. When suddenly she finds herself an orphan, her life is turned upside down. The social worker finds one living relative of whom Katie had never heard. She is taken against her will to live with this strange aunt, who lives in the hilly backwoods of a small country town. The aunt is surly, and even cruel at times. She seldom talks except to demand overwhelming tasks of Katie. Katie finds peace in the beautiful woods and makes friends with the animals. Her special friend is a fish, who she feels listens to her plight with sympathy. One day he turns Katie into a fish and they go off on an adventure to solve the problem of her mean aunt....