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Gr 4-6 Lucky is back. In this sequel to "The Higher Power of Lucky" (S & S, 2006), Milo, Lincoln, Brigitte, Short Sammy, and HMS Beagle are all present and accounted for, hewing to their idiosyncratic ways and weaving in the psychological safety that makes Lucky's world a charmer of a place. The girl settles in with Brigitte, her foster mother, and enjoys her home and f...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Lucky (The Higher Power of Lucky, rev. 1/07) is poised to turn eleven: "Not the thud of ten, but flouncy e-lev-en, with its sophisticated three syllables." She's living happily with her now-officially-adoptive mother, Brigitte, who's opened an outdoor café in the forty-three-person desert town of Hard Pan, California. Business is thriving due to a visiting team of geologists, and with them comes a girl named Paloma. Lucky is thrilled to finally have a "normal" friend, not like knot-ob...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

With sensitivity and precision, Patron delves into the complexities surrounding friendship. Lucky (<i>The Higher Power of Lucky</i...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Lucky Trimble is back, along with all the other wonderfully quirky characters from Susan Patron’s Newbery Medal winner, The Higher Power of Lucky. Lucky is full of questions. Why is her best friend, Lincoln, so weird—and why is she starting to find him boring? How can Lucky get Paloma, a visitor to Hard Pan, to be her girl best friend? Has Short Sammy, one of Hard Pan’s most eccentric residents, just had his own coffin delivered to his water-tower home? (L...Log In or Sign Up to Read More