The Higher Power of Lucky
The 2007 Newbery Medal winner
by Susan Patron
illustrated by Matt Phelan
Simon & Schuster/Richard Jackson (2006)

Category: Fiction
Type: Novel

Summary:
Lucky is a 10 year old girl who fears she will be abandoned. Since her mother died, Brigitte has been her guardian. But now, Lucky fears that Brigitte wants to return to France and leave her in an orphanage where she will not be able to keep her dog, HMS Beagle. What can she do but run away. Read this book to find out if running away was the answer to Lucky's problems.

Online Connections:

1. Author Susan Patron discusses this book in a videoed interview
http://alfocus.ala.org/videos/susan-patron-interview
2. Author website:
http://www.enotes.com/higher-power-lucky/about-author


Book Connections:

1. Mama's Window by Lynn Rubright

2. Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys fo sundan (Coretta Scott King illustrator Honor Books) by Mary Williams with R Gregory Christie illustrator

Keywords: abandoned children, interpersonal relations, runnaways