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The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron

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The Higher Power of Lucky

Paperback – Illustrated, December 30, 2008

Susan Patron, Matt Phelan

Atheneum Books for Young Readers · Paperback · December 30, 2008

Reading lane: Orphans & Foster Kids

Lucky, age ten, can't wait another day.

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Who It's For

Good for readers interested in awardGood for fans of Middle GradeGood for readers who enjoy Orphans & Foster Kids and Growing Up.

Book Details

Authors
Susan Patron, Matt Phelan
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published
December 30, 2008
Format
Paperback
Theme
Orphans & Foster Kids · Growing Up
Reading lane
Orphans & Foster Kids

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Publisher Categories

  • Orphans & Foster Kids

  • Drugs & Addiction

  • Friendship

About This Book

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! Instead Lucky is sure that she'll be abandoned to some orphanage in Los Angeles where her beloved dog, HMS Beagle, won't be all...

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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! 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.

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