This novel reminded me of The Butterfly Effect or The Box. If you have not read the short story "The Monkey's Paw", I suggest you do. When Jena makes a reference to it, you will understand what she is talking about.
Ephraim, a junior, does not have a good life. His father left him and his mother when he was younger, his mother is an alcoholic who tried to commit suicide, and he has always loved Jena but has never had the guts to do anything about it.
The novel begins with Ephraim coming home from school and finding his mother has overdosed on pills and alcohol because she thought he was dead. While trying to find change in his mother's purse to buy food at the hospital, Ephraim finds a wallet with his library card in it and a quarter with Washington's head facing the opposite direction. The next day at school, he finds a note in his locker that tells him to make a wish and flip the coin. His first wish is that his mother would be okay. When he goes back to the hospital, they have no record that his mother was there, and when he goes home, his mother isn't his mother--she is no longer and alcoholic and has a good job.
After this he decides to wish that Jena would like him. He keeps making wishes and when it lands on heads good happens, when it lands on tails, something bad happens.
That is just the beginning of Ephraim's life changes. When his best friend's evil double informs him that he has been traveling to different dimensions, Ephraim has to decide if he wants to go back to his old life or to continue living other people's lives.
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