A review by beecheralyson
The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron

5.0

This is one very wonderful book. There is something about well written middle-grade fiction that is better than anything else in the world. Maybe because it is how children view the world and often despite their problems there is always a sense of hope.

The Higher Power of Lucky is about a ten year old girl named "Lucky" who lives in a teeny-tiny CA desert town. Lucky's mom died two years ago and her father (who she has never met) arranged for his first wife to come from France to be Lucky's guardian. Lucky spends her time cleaning up around the town's visitor center where 12 step programs meet. In between cleaning up, she listens to peoples' stories about hitting rock bottom and finding their higher power. Lucky decides she needs to find her higher power to help her. She is worried that her guardian will leave her and return to France.

Susan Patron does a wonderful job in developing all of her characters and in creating characters that you really like. Lucky is a fun, strong, quirky girl who carries a survival pack and one day thinks that maybe running away will help solve her problem. What she discovers is more than just a solution.

I can't wait to share this book with my students.