Thanks goes to Barb Terpstra, the Administrative Assistant Extraordinaire for Brian Davis (and a women who "eats" books for breakfast, lunch and dinner!), for letting me know this book won the Newbery! Blame it on the snow––or perhaps just on the excitement of life--that I missed this one!
**MATURE CONTENT**
While this would be a great book for mature 4th-6th graders,
because of some of its content, parents may choose to peruse or pre-read or read/discuss this book with their children.
Kids and teachers (like our own über-fantastico, Bev Allgaier, right here at East K-8) who enjoyed, Ida B . . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World will enjoy this book as well. The characters are believable with real worries like all kids have. Lucky and her loyal pooch, HMS Beagle and the other unconventional characters made me smile and worry and wonder as I read on and on....
Quick synopsis: After Lucky's mom dies in a storm, Brigitte, Lucky's dad's first wife, comes from France to take care of her and be her guardian. (Lucky's dad abandoned her.) Lucky searches for her Higher Power, wrestles with the death of her mom, and worries that Brigitte will go back to France without her.
Great lessons in this book. Kids will identify with Lucky, who wishes she had more control over and in her life, but being 10, realizes she doesn't have as much as she wishes she did.
Check it out and let me know what you think. (I'm returning it to East K-8s library tomorrow!)
—Ms. Parent :)
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