Benjamin Batholomew Piff Could Be So Much Better

If you look at his picture on the cover of You Wish, which is the first book in the series and which is shown here, you'd think Benjamin (I wish the author, Jason Lethcoe, hadn't shortened his name to Ben.) was a cute little kid of about 7 or 8.

It turns out that he's 12 going on 23.

In the first book, we find Benjamin in a home for wayward boys - not because he is one, but because his parents died in a plane crash.

Apparently he has no next of kin.

Eventually he makes his way into the magical world of wish fulfillment. He never really goes back to Earth, and no one seems to notice.