The higher power of Lucky /
Patron, Susan.
The higher power of Lucky / by Susan Patron ; with illustrations by Matt Phelan. - 1st ed. - New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2006. - 134 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
"A Richard Jackson book."
Eavesdropping -- Brigitte -- Good and bad -- Graffiti -- Miles -- How Brigitte came -- Tarantula hawk wasp -- Snake -- Short Sammy's -- The urn -- Smokers anonymous -- Parsley -- Bisous -- The first sign -- The second sign and the third sign -- Getting ready to run away -- HMS beagle disobeys -- Cholla burr -- Eggs and beans -- A good book -- Amazing grace -- Bonne nuit -- By and by.
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.
Ages 9-11.
A Junior Library Guild selection.
1416901949 (hardcover) : $16.95 9781416901945 (hardcover) $16.95
2005021767
Abandoned children--Juvenile fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Juvenile fiction.
Newbery Medal, 2007.
Runaway children--Juvenile fiction.
Runaways--Fiction.
The higher power of Lucky / by Susan Patron ; with illustrations by Matt Phelan. - 1st ed. - New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2006. - 134 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
"A Richard Jackson book."
Eavesdropping -- Brigitte -- Good and bad -- Graffiti -- Miles -- How Brigitte came -- Tarantula hawk wasp -- Snake -- Short Sammy's -- The urn -- Smokers anonymous -- Parsley -- Bisous -- The first sign -- The second sign and the third sign -- Getting ready to run away -- HMS beagle disobeys -- Cholla burr -- Eggs and beans -- A good book -- Amazing grace -- Bonne nuit -- By and by.
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.
Ages 9-11.
A Junior Library Guild selection.
1416901949 (hardcover) : $16.95 9781416901945 (hardcover) $16.95
2005021767
Abandoned children--Juvenile fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Juvenile fiction.
Newbery Medal, 2007.
Runaway children--Juvenile fiction.
Runaways--Fiction.