Wishing aside, some wonder whether Chopra’s star power will register with his target audience. (“It’s the first time I’ve heard of him,” says Lizzy May, 12, an avid Chicago reader.) Lynn Stuertz, children’s books buyer for The Book Stall in Winnetka, Ill., ordered six copies of the book but doubts that it will sell well. “I know I bought that book, but even when I bought it, I thought, ‘Who’s going to read this?’ " She suspects the book will be more popular with adults–as gifts for confirmations and bar mitzvahs. Chopra doesn’t discount interest from the younger part of his fan base. “I see a lot of teens who genuinely come to me and are seeking some kind of insight,” he says. But will they spend their baby-sitting money for it?
