The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron

The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron

Believing that her French guardian is about to abandon her to an orphanage in the city, ten-year-old Lucky runs away from her small town with her beloved dog by her side in order to trek across the Mojave Desert in this Newbery Medal-winning novel from Susan Patron.

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.

Susan Patron is the author of Maybe Yes, Maybe No, Maybe Maybe (an ALA Notable Book, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, and a New York Public Library Children's Book List selection) and four picture books. She is currently the Juvenile Materials Collection Development Manager and the Los Angeles Public Library. She lives with her husband, Rene, in Los Angeles and in a small cabin in the high desert of the Eastern Sierras.

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ISBN 13	9781416901945
ISBN 10	1416901949
Title	The Higher Power of Lucky
Author	Susan Patron
Condition	Unavailable
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Year published	2006-11-07
Number of pages	144
Prizes	Winner of Newbery Medal (Children's) 2007, Winner of Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) (Recommended) 2006, Commended for Nene Award 2008, Short-listed for Young Reader's Choice Award (Junior/Grades 4-6) 2009, Short-listed for Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award 2008
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.