Mon 28 May 2007
Audio Book Review: The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
Posted by James McBride under Kids , Parents & Family
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"The Higher Power of Lucky" by Susan Patron Length: 3 hours and 37 min. ISBN: 0-7393-3879-X New York Times Best Seller Listen to an excerpt with: Windows Media Player Real Player |
Lucky, age 10, 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 Tiers. Just as bad, she’ll have to give up eavesdropping on 12-step anonymous programs, where the interesting talk is all about Higher Powers. Lucky needs her own “higher power” - 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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