Twelve-year-old Genuine Sweet lives in a tiny, broken down house with her drunkard of a father who cannot get a job, and her Grandmother who moved in to provide guidance to Genuine. Living in the small southern town of Sass, Georgia has proven to be challenging for the family who goes hungry and has their power turned off due to lack of funds. Then Genuine’s grandmother tells her a secret; Genuine is a 4th generation wish fetcher. She is able to grant others’ wishes by calling to the stars and having them pour down their liquid star light. The problem is she cannot fetch wishes that would benefit her self. When a city girl moves into town, she gives Genuine ideas to trade wishes for things she needs, bring bartering into town to better the community, and have her wish fetching go world wide on the internet. However, wish fetching for the clients on the web is a lot of work for one girl, and when she loses the one person who has held her world together, her grandmother, Genuine breaks the main wish fetcher rule and asks for a wish for herself. With that, she loses her gift, but shares the secret of wish fetching to others to continue the positive support for those in need.

Faith Harkey tells her story adding a sweet southern charm that adds a little magic to the already magical tale. The humanitarian message given is a valuable message to the youth of today.