Yumeko and the Wayward Wish

A coming-of-age ghost-story… about a love too deep to die.

Some wishes are not meant to be granted.
They are meant to call us to become more than we are.

Yumeko and the Wayward Wish is a young adult fantasy novel rooted in wonder, consequence, and the quiet courage it takes to care—especially when it would be easier to walk away.

Yumeko is a newly awakened fox spirit: small, stubborn, and sincere enough to believe that purity of heart still matters. When she tangles paths with Kuma, a bear spirit burdened by shame and reluctant duty, the two are pulled into the slow unraveling of a once-sacred forest.

This is not a story about heroes conquering evil.
It is a story about:

how great harm can grow from good intentions,
what gives someone the courage to do what’s right,
and the difference a wish can make… when it helps someone rise beyond their past.

Inspired by Shinto cosmology and Japanese folklore—but written for readers everywhere—Yumeko and the Wayward Wish treats spirits not as monsters or mascots, but as beings shaped by memory, relationship, and place… and by the choices people make when they think no one is watching.

There are battles.
There is danger.
But the deepest conflicts are quieter:

courage vs. apathy,
loss vs. love,
certainty vs. trust.

This is a quiet fantasy about care, consequence, and the courage to believe in something greater than oneself.

For readers who love their stories tender, eerie, reverent… and with teeth.