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1) Hard Luck
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 8
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
Greg Heffley's on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over to chance. Will a roll of the dice turn things around, or is Greg's life destined to be just another hard-luck story?
Author
Series
Baby-sitters Club volume 17
Lexile measure
GN 370L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A discarded chain letter augers a series of bad events for Mary Anne, who is plagued by bad luck and a threatening note demanding a midnight meeting on Old Man Sutcliff's grave.
Author
Series
Big Nate volume 6
Lexile measure
GN 470L
Language
English
Description
"The latest illustrated novel from Lincoln Peirce is a laugh-out-loud must-read starring the one and only cartooning genius, king of detention, and Cheez Doodle connoisseur, Nate Wright. Nate's not having the best of luck . . . in fact; he's not having ANY luck. But with a little boost thanks to Chad's lucky foot, suddenly good luck is everywhere Nate turns! Nate's in the zone! But how long will it last?" --
Author
Series
Big Nate volume 7
Lexile measure
GN 520L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As his school's centennial is coming up, Big Nate is stuck showing the dorky new kid around"--
Principal Nichols wants Nate to be buddies with the new kid Breckenridge Puffington III, but that's no easy task when Breckenridge is a plant-doodling total fun-sponge.
Author
Series
Lexile measure
470L
Language
English
Description
"The lucky penny in Judy Moody's pocket sure does seem to be working. She can't stop winning - at bowling, spelling, the unbeatable Prize Claw, everything! For sure and absolute positive, she'll ride that wave of good fortune all the way to Washington, D.C."--
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 8
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Lexile measure
1020L
Physical Desc
217 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Greg Heffley's on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over to chance. Will a roll of the dice turn things around, or is Greg's life destined to be just another hard-luck story?"--
7) Lucky duck
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Susan the duck keeps feeling unlucky, so when a wolf shows up with gifts she has won it seems like her luck is turning around, but soon she realizes the wolf's intentions may not be as helpful as she imagined.
Author
Lexile measure
HL 520L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Maddie's not impulsive. She's all about hard work and planning ahead. But one night, on a whim, she buys a lottery ticket. And then, to her astonishment -- She wins! In a flash, Maddie's life is unrecognizable. No more stressing about college scholarships. Suddenly, she's talking about renting a yacht. And being in the spotlight at school is fun...until rumors start flying, and random people ask her for loans. Now, Maddie isn't sure who she can trust....
10) Lucky Tucker
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Tucker starts off Saint Patrick's Day on the wrong paw. Nothing is going his way until he rolls in a bed of four-leaf clovers, which just happens to belong to a leprechaun! From catching a falling ice-cream scoop to getting a whole box of new toys, now Tucker is the luckiest dog around!
11) Lucky leaf
Author
Language
English
Description
After his mother tells him to stop playing video games and go outside, a young boy tries to catch the last leaf on a tree, thinking it will bring him luck.
12) Gumdrop Angel
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
HL 720L
Physical Desc
227 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents three novella-length tales of horror set in the world of Five nights at Freddy's.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
530L
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A whimsical tale about friendship and luck finds the literal-minded young Amelia Bedelia and her friends testing superstitions related to such symbols as black cats, four-leaf clovers, and broken mirrors.
Author
Series
Roscoe Riley rules volume 7
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
Roscoe is determined to guess the weight of a giant pumpkin in order to win books for his school library and candy for himself, but is overwhelmed by superstitions, especially about a certain black kitten.
Author
Series
Cupcake diaries volume 26
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
127 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Mia is having a terrible day! Everything is going wrong. She woke up late and couldn't make her hair look perfect or brush her teeth, she probably failed a pop quiz, and she broke her glasses! But when her mom's cousin Laura arrives from Puerto Rico, she gives Mia a bracelet with a lucky charm. All of a sudden, Mia's luck changes for the better. Mia's thrilled--she'll never have a bad day again--or will she?" -- Page [4] cover.
16) Touch blue
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
750L
Physical Desc
186 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When the state of Maine threatens to shut down their island's one-room schoolhouse because of dwindling enrollment, eleven-year-old Tess, a strong believer in luck, and her family take in a trumpet-playing foster child, to increase the school's population.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
22 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Serendipity finds a four-leaf clover, she shares her good luck with all her pony friends. When the clover disappears, the ponies learn they are already very lucky ponies because they have each other.
Author
Series
Piper Green and the fairy tree volume 2
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
650L
Physical Desc
119 pages : illustrations, map ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
On an island off the coast of Maine, where children ride lobster boats to school, Piper worries that too much good luck can sometimes equal bad luck.
19) Tumble & Blue
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
680L
Physical Desc
390 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
In order for Tumble Wilson and Blue Montgomery to fix their ancestors' mistakes and banish the bad luck that has followed them around for all of their lives, they must face Munch, the mysterious golden alligator who cast the curse centuries ago.
Author
Series
Critter Club volume 10
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
After winning the lead role in a play, acing a spelling test, and finding money, second-grader Ellie wonders if the Critter Club animal shelter's newest animal--a little pink pig--is bringing her good luck.