Seven years prior, Jae, an eight years old with a broken heart made a wish on a star and then encounters an unexpected "visitor" that teaches her about friendship, acceptance and unconditional love in the WISH U WELL the PREQUEL story book. Young readers will continue to understand how friendship, acceptance and unconditional love can blossom through the examples found in each of the children's book series called An OPERATION S.O.U.P. story which comprises of 8 individual books (short stories) done in playful rhyme. The first of the story book called THE DARE opens in the small town of Cedar Ridge a population of 5,000 country folks. This is where Jae now a sophomore at her high school was then challenged by her high school principal Mr. Henderson to create a jingle song for the high school community service project. Somehow a near confrontation at the community Post office almost turned into a major disaster between an old sheep farmer named Simon Croft and two high schoolers Jae and Michael. As the storyline thickens the plot of how Jae's wish to succeed in making a difference turns into a unique success story of how wishes do come true. But there's one unexpected catch.......the DARE. Collect all 8 of them!