The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron

Here is a quick description and cover image of book The Higher Power of Lucky (The Hard Pan Trilogy, #1) written by Susan Patron which was published in November 7th 2006. Married to a rare book restorer from the Champagne region of France, Susan is working on the final book in the 'Lucky' trilogy.Brief Summary of Book: The Higher Power of Lucky (The Hard Pan Trilogy, #1) by Susan Patron A sequel, Lucky Breaks, will be published early in 2009. The Listening Library audio edition of The Higher Power of Lucky is an ALA Notable Recording the book will be translated into twelve foreign languages and has been optioned for a motion picture. All earned starred reviews, and the latter was named an ALA Notable book. Patron's previous books for children include the Billy Que trilogy of picture books Dark Cloud Strong Breeze and a chapter book, Maybe Yes, Maybe No, Maybe Maybe. She is currently a member of the Advisory Board of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Patron has served on many book award committees, including the Caldecott and Laura Ingalls Wilder Committees of the American Library Association. As the library's Juvenile Materials Collection Development Manager, she trained and mentored children's librarians in 72 branches. Susan Patron specialized in Children's Services for 35 years at the Los Angeles Public Library before retiring in 2007, the same year her novel The Higher Power of Lucky was awarded the John Newbery Medal. Or needing to lug the world's heaviest survival-kit backpack into the desert. Just as bad, she'll have to give up eavesdropping on twelve-step anonymous programs where the interesting talk is all about Higher Powers. president (maybe) and member of the International Guild of Knot Tyers. She'll have to lose her friends Miles, who lives on cookies, and Lincoln, future U.S.

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. It's all Brigitte's fault - for wanting to go back to France. 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. Believing that her French guardian is about to abandon her to an orphanage in the city, ten-year-old Lucky runs away from her small town with her beloved dog by her side in order to trek across the Mojave Desert in this Newbery Medal–winning novel from Susan Patron.

The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron