Replies to post #104339 on Mike The Pike Productions Inc (fka MIKP)

[Granier]

Wish is rated 4.7 stars and has over 16k positive reviews on amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Wish-Barbara-OConnor/dp/0374302731#customerReviews

Awards and Distinctions
New York Times Bestseller
Junior Library Guild Selection
American Booksellers Association Best Books of the Year; 2016
Parents Choice Gold Award
Nerdy Book Club Award 2016
SCBWI Crystal Kite Award 2017
Arkansas Charlie May Simon Book Award WINNER 2019
Colorado Children's Book Award Nominee 2018-2019
Florida Sunshine Book Award Nominee WINNER 2019
Illinois Bluestem Children's Book Award WINNER 2019
Indiana Young Hoosier Award Nominee 2018-2019
Iowa Children's Choice Award Nominee WINNER 2019
Louisiana Young Readers Choice Award Honor 2019
Minnesota Maud Hart Lovelace Award WINNER 2019-2020
Nebraska Golden Sower Award Nominee Honor 2019
North Carolina Children's Book Award WINNER 2018
Pennsylvania Keystone to Reading Book Award WINNER 2018
Rhode Island Children's Book Award WINNER 2018
Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Childrens' Book Award 2017-2018
Virginia Young Readers Award Nominee WINNER 2019
Washington Sasquatch Award Nominee 2018-2019
Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Award Nominee 2017-2018
https://barbaraoconnor.com/books/wish/

Wish
Available in hardcover, paperback, e-book, and audio book
Eleven-year-old Charlie Reese has been making the same secret wish every day since fourth grade. She even has a list of all the ways there are to make the wish, such as cutting off the pointed end of a slice of pie and wishing on it as she takes the last bite. But when she is sent to the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina to live with family she barely knows, it seems unlikely that her wish will ever come true. That is until she meets Wishbone, a skinny stray dog who captures her heart, and Howard, a neighbor boy who proves surprising in lots of ways. Suddenly Charlie is in serious danger of discovering that what she thought she wanted may not be what she needs at all.

From award-winning author Barbara O’Connor comes a middle-grade novel about a girl who, with the help of a true-blue friend, a big-hearted aunt and uncle, and the dog of her dreams, unexpectedly learns the true meaning of family in the least likely of places.

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O’Connor pens a touching tale of resilience sure to resonate with children who have ever felt like they didn’t belong...Poignant and genuine, this is a tale that will resonate with readers long after they finish it and have them cheering for the underdogs—both of the two-legged and four-legged varieties.
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A warm, real, and heartfelt tale.
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Like a generous portion of grits, Wish just makes the world a little better.
School Library Journal
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O’Connor pens a touching tale of resilience sure to resonate with children who have ever felt like they didn’t belong...Poignant and genuine, this is a tale that will resonate with readers long after they finish it and have them cheering for the underdogs—both of the two-legged and four-legged varieties.
Kirkus
Kirkus
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A warm, real, and heartfelt tale.
Book Page
Book Page
Read More
Like a generous portion of grits, Wish just makes the world a little better.

[delerious1]

" sure there's a REASON they weren't presented, right?"

So is it just MIKP or are there any good OTC stocks?

[wadirum1]

Disgusting post. I stopped reading when it got nasty.

Some further thoughts. Besides Game of Thrones, Martin has struggled to get his fiction into successful movies/TV: source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_R._R._Martin.

I'm not saying that these George RR Martin books that MIKP owned the IP for are weak. Indeed, it was amazing that MIKP CEO Mark Newbauer was able to get them! But even with all of the GOT popularity surrounding the TV series, even the GOT books do not come anywhere close to selling as well as Wish by Barbara O'Connor. Currently I'm seeing them on Amazon as being between 20K and 100K.

In any event, if folks don't think Vampirella, Wish, Silverwing, and Ella Clah are amazing pieces of IP, then the great thing in this country is that people are not forced to buy shares in MIKP.

[wadirum1]

Claim: "Put a George RR Martin, "FROM THE MIND OF....", Who brought BILLIONS the critically-acclaimed, "GAME OF THRONES" & see if you don't fill theaters & pockets....

Even if it sucks balls!!"

Response: I thought you said that the movie version of Skin Trade (by George RR Martin) was failing to fill "theaters and pockets" because it "sucks balls!!!" -- no?

The amazing thing here is that CEO Mark managed to co-produce Skin Trade, get IP rights to Vampirella, Wish, Silverwing, and Ella Clah, and get MIKP SEC-registered and OTC pink current info -- all on his own $$, while the stock was on the grey market. I defy you to find me one other OTC CEO has managed to do as much with so little.

He stuck by his shareholders, and now he's being subjected 24/7 to this screed of increasingly disgusting BS... Wow.