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Lucky Breaks

Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 953 Ratings and 249 Reviews

Book Description
Things are fairly normal in Hard Pan, population forty-three. But to Lucky, fairly normal means fairly boring, and she's restless. Just in the nick of time, she meets a potential new best friend named Paloma, who happens to be visiting Hard Pan with her uncle, a geologist. And before she knows it, Lucky gets stuck in a well, meets up with a wild burro, discards something she didn't know was precio... More
Book Information
PublisherAtheneum Books For Young Readers
BindingPaperback (10 editions)
Reading LevelAges 9-12
# of Pages208
ISBN-101416997725
ISBN-13978-1416997726
Publication Date05/04/2010
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About Susan Patron (Author) : After working in children's services at the Los Angeles Public Library for 35 years, I retired in 2007. That was the same year my book, THE HIGHER POWER OF LUCKY was awarded the Newbery Medal.My previ... more
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About Matt Phelan (Illustrator) : Matt Phelan is a published author and an illustrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Matt Phelan include The Higher Power of Lucky, Always, Very Hairy Bear. Matt was born and rai... more
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7/8/2016 Linda Rae Apolzon said:
This is a sequel to The Higher Power of Lucky, and just as skillfully written. Lucky is one year older and so a little more grown up. The characters are further developed. My favorite part is the ending, where Lucky and her two friends are lying on the ground looking at the stars and talking. The wh... more

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