The Higher Power of Lucky

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Call Number: J Fiction / Patron, Susan, R Newbery Medal 2007, Kids Book / Fiction / General / Patron, Susan
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Traverwood Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	J Fiction / Patron, Susan	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	J Fiction / Patron, Susan	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	J Fiction / Patron, Susan	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown Kids Reference 0-week checkout	R Newbery Medal 2007	0-week checkout	Library Use Only
Traverwood Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Fiction / General / Patron, Susan	4-week checkout	On Shelf

"A Richard Jackson book."
Fearing that her legal guardian plans to abandon her to return to France, ten-year-old aspiring scientist Lucky Trimble determines to run away while also continuing to seek the Higher Power that will bring stability to her life.

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COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Great submitted by peterflorence on June 14, 2015, 1:57pm This book is good but kind of sad.

higher power submitted by camelsamba on August 31, 2015, 2:25pm It's odd how sometimes the summary of a book (such as the one up above, in "additional details") will focus on a smallish episode near the end of the book. What does that say about everything that led up to it - that it's not important? Or does it just lead readers to spend 80% of their reading/listening time wondering if they have the right book?

The title of the book refers to this: Lucky has a small job cleaning up a building in town where all the local 12 step groups meet (Alcoholics Anonymous, Smokers Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous). She often eavesdrops on the meetings through a hole in the wall, and thus ponders what sort of higher power she has in her life. Her mother died a few years earlier, and a French woman named Bridgitte is her guardian. Various incidents are related along the way, leading up to the climax where Lucky runs away during a major sand storm. Will she return home? Or will this be the final straw that causes Bridgitte to move back to France?

I listened to this a book on CD. For some reason, I didn't enjoy this book as much as I'd hoped. It is clearly aimed at a middle grades audience, but certain details or aspects seem more mature somehow and were thus jarring.