If I Had One Wish... — Jackie French Koller

When a mysterious bag lady hands Alec a strange coin and tells him it will grant him one wish, Alec thinks she's crazy. But then, in a fit of anger, Alec wishes his little brother Stevie had never been born, and Stevie disappears! If I Had One Wish was an American Library Association Recommended Book for Reluctant Young Readers and a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age.