The Higher Power of Lucky
Paperback – Illustrated, December 30, 2008
Atheneum Books for Young Readers · Paperback · December 30, 2008
Lucky, age ten, can't wait another day.
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- Who it’s for
- A lightly playful read with award-season polish and a serious emotional undertow.
- Genres
- Orphans & Foster Kids, Survival Stories, Growing Up
- Published
- Atheneum Books for Young Readers, December 30, 2008
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Lucky, age ten, can't wait another day. The meanness gland in her heart and the crevices full of questions in her brain make running away from Hard Pan, California (population 43), the rock-bottom only choice she has. It's all Brigitte's fault -- for wanting to go back to France. Guardians are supposed to stay put and look after girls in their care!
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Instead Lucky is sure that she'll be abandoned to some orphanage in Los Angeles where her beloved dog, HMS Beagle, won't be allowed. She'll have to lose her friends Miles, who lives on cookies, and Lincoln, future U.S. president (maybe) and member of the International Guild of Knot Tyers. Just as bad, she'll have to give up eavesdropping on twelve-step anonymous programs where the interesting talk is all about Higher Powers. Lucky needs her own -- and quick. But she hadn't planned on a dust storm. Or needing to lug the world's heaviest survival-kit backpack into the desert.
Playful Weight
A lightly playful read with award-season polish and a serious emotional undertow.
Come here for
- Playful voice with a serious edge
- A story that sits comfortably in your lap or your head
Expect
- Home, friendship, and adventure
- A book that works as both keep-on-hand and steady read
Where it sits
| Orphans & Foster Kids | 91% |
|---|---|
| Growing Up | 53% |
| Survival Stories | 43% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Orphans & Foster Kids
- Drugs & Addiction
- Friendship
- Authors
- Susan Patron, Matt Phelan
- Publisher
- Atheneum Books for Young Readers
- Published
- December 30, 2008
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- Orphans & Foster Kids