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

4.0

Because of my Readers Advisory for Young Readers class I have been talking a lot about child and youth fiction. This is a novel for preteens, I think. It is a Newberry Award winner and I can see why. Lucky is a unique mind living in hard Pan, California, population 43. She has lost her mother and is struggling to understand her new guardian and the complicated concepts she overhears while listening in on the 12-step recovery meetings in town. It is a charming book and the author seemed to have special insight to a child's mind. An excellent book for kids!