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leashy159's review against another edition
3.0
Interesting children's book. It is a newberry medal award winner- but is banned in a lot of schools. It has a great story, I think children and adults alike would like this book!
kricketa's review against another edition
2.0
this is the famous book that won the newbery and shocked librarians with its use of the word 'testicles' on the first page. the testicles thing was overblown- the word was used in context and isn't it better than saying 'balls'? aside from that, this book was just ehhhh. the main character reminded me too much of ramona quimby (plucky, funny hair, male best friend, penchant for getting into scrapes, fear of abandonment, etc.) but wasn't as funny. sorry.
dlberglund's review against another edition
3.0
This is the Newbery winner, which had such a stink made over the use of the word "scrotum" on the first page. Maybe it was a bit for shock value, but the story was good. NOt fabulously wonderful, but good.
chadstep's review against another edition
4.0
Liked this simple, yet complex story of a girl without a mother set in the desert. It didn't connect with me deeply, but I loved the artistic treatment of her inner life and how she stuggled to piece the world together to make sense of how her missing mother had become an ongoing part of her young adult struggle for identity. I'd say this would work well for the very emotionally literate boy of 12/13, but maybe I'm just talking to myself here...
sc104906's review against another edition
3.0
Lucky's mother is dead and her father doesn't want her, so she is taken care of by her guardian Brigitte. Lucky lives in constant fear that Brigitte will leave her and she will have no one. After cleaning up for the AA, NA, smokers anonymous, Lucky wants to find her higher power. First, she will have to hit rock bottom. Perfect book about enlightenment and even great for those in recovery (provides a child's understanding of the world and the higher power).
daniellesalwaysreading's review against another edition
3.0
I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a realistic fiction book about a young girl but it wasn't the best I have ever read.
bethgiven's review against another edition
3.0
This follows the formula: misfit kid + quirky small town = Newbery Award winner (see also: Moon Over Manifest, Dead End in Norvelt). (Though I should point out, I guess, that Higher Power of Lucky came first, even if I read it later). Lucky and her guardian, Brigitte, live in the desert town of Hard Pan, California (population 43). When Lucky worries that Brigitte is going back to France (yet another parent-figure to abandon her!), Lucky hits "rock bottom" and decides to go in search of her "higher power" to pull her through.
As an adult, I really enjoyed this book; it was a quick read with a good, solid, happy ending.
As an adult, I really enjoyed this book; it was a quick read with a good, solid, happy ending.
ambyrvi's review against another edition
3.0
I didn't really like this book. This is another time in which I know I'm in the minority (the thing won a Newbery, for Pete's sake), but I just can't make myself enjoy it. The imagery made me feel flaky, for lack of better word, and the flow of it was just blah. I was bored.
smemmott's review against another edition
4.0
The outcome is certainly predictable to an adult but there are still surprises along the way. I love the setting; unusual and vividly described, yet still plausible, *not* a too-unique-to-be-possible fictional town.
lizzielibrary's review against another edition
4.0
Took me a while -- but what a great story about a spunky girl -- and small town life. Can't find a thing to complain about -- a must read