Hana's life as a loner––in school and at home––brightens only when she's masquerading as someone else online or chilling with her imaginary BFF, rock star Avril Lavigne. But her daily grind is finally going to change, thanks to the demon she's purchased from the mysterious website Make5Wishes.com. At last Hana's going to be popular, her parents are going to stop fighting, her world is going to be as perfect as she's always dreamed. The magic of a demon as old as time will make it happen. So what could possibly go wrong? How could Hana's best-laid plans for happiness turn to tragedy? Why would the supernatural sprite she calls Romeo sabotage her deepest desires? Perhaps because everything has its price….

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* BookList Great Graphic Novel Recommendation 2007

Hana is a lonely schoolgirl whose parents don't seem happy. She spends a lot of time fantasizing about meeting singer Avril Lavigne and admiring her classmate Brian from afar. At least she has Romeo, the wish-granting demon she ordered from Web site make5wishes.com. But is Romeo granting her wishes, or sowing chaos in her life? D'Errico and Dysart take the traditional "be careful how you wish" plot down a dark corner, as Hana wishes for her parents to be happy-and Romeo reveals an affair, breaking the family apart. Hana also wishes for Brian to notice her, and he does. But how will that go awry? Hana faces physical danger and emotional turmoil as Romeo whips her life out of shape. Hurtling toward a dark cliffhanger, this story will appeal to Avril fans and manga devotees, but also to more mainstream fantasy readers. The clever page layouts and excellent line work make this series easy to follow. Hana's classmates look completely familiar while Romeo comes off as terrifying, yet somehow cute. Though the plot is scary and sad, preteen girls will hang on to see what Romeo does next-and how Hana copes with it. (July) - From Publishers Weekly

"A surprisingly profound animated manga fantasy. Whatever your thoughts on Lavigne, it's compelling reading." - The Guardian Unlimited

"Make 5 Wishes is a disturbingly well-constructed comic with a current spin on a classic story, the Monkey's Paw specifically. Powerful metaphors and fascinating character gradations make "Make 5 Wishes" by far the most compelling work that grafts a popular name from North American media onto the style of anime or manga." - Aint It Cool News

"In a way, it's almost disturbing how close to home it hits on issues of modern youth: alienation, identity, celebrity worship and screwing around on the internet (aren't we all too familiar with that one)."
- Anime News Network

"As an accomplished and well-constructed story, Avril Lavigne's Make 5 Wishes may wind up being the most attractive silk purse woven from a sow's ear in 2007."

"Dysart and d'Errico's story works because they have a fairly keen understanding both of the adult world's various complications and the inability of most teenagers to comprehend them."

"Camilla d'Errico's art, a style somewhere between manga standard and Sam Kieth's bittersweet cartoon linework creates a world that looks eerily like Margaret Keane characters trapped in an Ingmar Bergman film."

- The Comics Journal