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For eleven-year-old Lucky, the universe is full of questions. Is that mysterious woman at the Café Miles’s mom? Does Lucky’s father not talk to her because he hates her? Will the health department ruin everything? Is she really going to go to hell? The answers are, in no particular order: nearly, no, yes, and a big fat “who knows?”
But answers are constantly evolving, and sometimes the biggest questions have no answers at all. The best Lucky can do is never give up on maybe understanding things a little better before she turns twelve. It will take a punch in the face (not her face), a near-Café disaster, a trip to the principal’s office, and both male and female sofas—but in the end, she’ll see that there are loopholes in life and, thankfully, in county health codes!
The Hard Pan trilogy that began with the Newbery Medal–winning The Higher Power of Lucky concludes with Lucky and all of Hard Pan a little wiser and a lot closer to all our hearts.
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9780307745927
- File size: 156089 KB
- Duration: 05:25:11
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- English
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- ATOS Level: 6.5
- Lexile® Measure: 980
- Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
- Text Difficulty: 5-7
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In this final installment of Patron's Hard Pan trilogy, 11-year-old Lucky's adoptive mother's café is under investigation, her friend's mother is released from jail, and Lucky learns more than she anticipated when she creates a family tree. Lucky's life in her tiny town in the Mojave Desert is full of dissecting owl pellets, reading about her hero, Charles Darwin, and discussing big questions about God and science and family with her quirky neighbors. Cassandra Campbell's performance brings intimacy and warmth to the story. She doesn't differentiate much between characters' voices, but her French accent for Lucky's adoptive mother, Brigitte, shines. Campbell's subdued tone matches Lucky's as she contemplates the meaning of the family she was born with and the family she creates. A.F. (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine -
June 27, 2011
Patron satisfyingly concludes the trilogy that began with the 2006 Newbery-winning The Higher Power of Lucky. Lucky Trimble, now 11, has carved a comfortable life for herself in tiny Hard Pan, Calif., helping her adoptive mother, Brigitte, run her cafe and spending time with her favorite quirky neighbors and friends, who will be familiar to readers of the previous books. But in the summer before junior high, Lucky is rattled by a threat to Brigitte's business, news about her long-absent father, and her sweet, confusing feelings about her best pal Lincoln. She also worries about her friend Miles, who is forging a relationship with his mother, born-again and recently returned from prison. Lucky navigates these stresses and others with realistically kidlike aplomb, consulting her Higher Power when things seem particularly tough. Patron's memorable setting and cast, as well as some crisp, thought-provoking dialogue, will keep readers hooked as she resolves the plot lines she's set in motion. But the biggest treat is ever-hopeful Lucky, who ends her adventures on a high note. Final art not seen by PW. Ages 8â12.
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