Sage and the Journey To Wishworld is the first book in the Star Darlings series and the first book in the original Star Darlings saga.
An audio version of Sage and the Journey To Wishworld can be found here.
Synopsis[]
Welcome to Starling Academy, the prestigious school where students study to become Wish-Granters and help guide Wishlings in making their dreams and wishes come true. Twelve star-charmed girls—the Star Darlings—have been chosen to work as a team to save their beloved Starland from peril.
Travel with Sage as she takes a spectacular journey to Wishworld and discovers how challenging life can be in an unfamiliar place. There she must find her Wisher and guide her in bringing her wish to life. Along the way, she learns the importance of friendship, teamwork, and never making assumptions.
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Main article: History from the Books, Sage/Wish Mission
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- The book was originally called "Sage's Story" and had this summary:
High in the sky above Earth is a most beautiful star, inhabited by a race of people who keep the heavens safe the Starlings. Their job, which they have done for as long as anyone can remember, is to help grant the wishes of humans. Wishes made on birthday candles, shooting stars, dandelions, wishbones, and coins tossed into fountains, just to name a few. As long as humans keep believing in wishes, the stars will keep shining in the sky and life, for Starlings and humans alike, will continue as they know it.
Book One begins as the incoming class arrives at Star Academy. Cassie is having some trouble fitting in, feeling homesick already. She's doubting herself a bit, wondering if she really even belongs in Star Academy. Plus she's not particularly fond of her roommate, who is a little too blunt for Cassie's taste. She has begun to retreat inside her shell a bit. The girls begin to take classes, meet new friends. Then, unexpectedly, twelve girls are summoned to the headmistress's office for a meeting. They soon discover that they have each done something remarkable in their first week and have been identified as truly special students. And something genuinely extraordinary is going to be asked of each of them as a result.
The headmistress explains that something unusual has been going on. Wishes are not being fulfilled as easily as they have been in the past. Humans are starting to disbelieve and make fewer wishes. Something drastic needs to be done. The twelve girls are given a special name: the Star Darlings. And it's up to them to find out why humans have stopped believing--and to fix it!
- The book's original summary was:
Welcome to Star Academy. Twelve very special students have been selected from this year's class to reclaim the wish energy that powers their beloved planet, Starland. The Star Darlings, as they are known, take classes where they learn how to grant the wishes made on birthday candles,shooting stars, dandelions, wishbones, and coins tossed into fountains, just to name a few. Their top-secret mission will take them to Wishworld (known in some places as Earth).
There they will have to find the Wisher and figure out how to grant the wish before time runs out and they are stuck on Wishworld forever. Sage is the first Star Darling soaring off to Wishworld. Travel with her as she discovers how challenging life on a new planet can be and how she learns the importance of friendship, teamwork, and never assuming anything.