The Higher Power of Lucky

By: Susan Patron

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

BONUS FEATURE: Exclusive Author Interview

Lucky, age ten, can’t wait another day. 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.
It’s all Brigitte’s fault–for wanting to go back to France. 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. She’ll have to lose her friends Miles, who lives on cookies, and Lincoln, future U.S. president (maybe) and member of the International Guild of Knot Tyers. Just as bad, she’ll have to give up eavesdropping on twelve-step anonymous programs where the interesting talk is all about Higher Powers. Lucky needs her own–and quick.
But she hadn’t planned on a dust storm.
Or needing to lug the world’s heaviest survival-kit backpack into the desert.©2006 Susan Patron; (P)2007 Random House, Inc. Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group

Good and bad

1. It was really boring at first but when I read it w/ audible, it got more fun for me!
2. I don’t really get why the author named the title “the Higher Power of Lucky”. I get it a little but I don’t get the main point.

Great family read

My kids and I loved this book. Lucky is heartwarming. Her journey towards finding her higher power introduced a wonderful and ecclectic cast of characters. It shows the power of love and how easy it is to misjudge those around us.

Wise, Warm & Worthy

In the warmth of a desert town we journey to find the warmth deep inside Lucky! She defines the meaning of finding ones higher power so beautifully. A fact that escapes most adults! Wouldn't it be great if readers of all ages could discover this journey through the eyes of a child?

Best Book Ever!

My daughter did a book report on this book. She loved it. We are so happy she can listen to it on audible now!

Wonderful book, loved it

I never thought I would be so engaged to this story. Great and interesting characters.