I was a little confused when I read this book. I think I will read it again some day. This story is of a girl, Lucky, who really does live in the middle of nowhere. Lucky worries that she is not really wanted. This leads to some adventure and discovery. I think I liked it, but I'm not sure. It was too confusing. Do adults like it?
Rating: ****
Laura,
ReplyDeleteI remember loving this one but it is different. I was really rooting for Lucky. I think we all don't want to believe that children or anyone live in certain situations. There is another book like this that I read recently that I will have to look up again and send you the title.
Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor
ReplyDeleteI will add Waiting for Normal to my "to read list". It really is hard to think about people living in horrible situations, but lots of people do :(
ReplyDeleteI read this one a few years back (sadly before I started my blog, so I don't have a review). I liked it. Perhaps adults who read kids or young adult books would enjoy it because it takes the character through a difficult patch of living, something adults can surely relate to.
ReplyDeleteI read it back in 2007. Here is the link to my blog post about it
ReplyDeletehttp://atleasttheeditor.blogspot.com/2007/11/i-finished-higher-power-of-lucky-by.html
I was very disappointed in this book. I am a mom (therefore an adult) and to answer your question Laura...I'm right with you. I liked it ok, but it definitely wasn't Newbery material, in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteI'm an adult who reads a lot of children and young adult books and I really disliked this one. It just didn't ring true to me and quite frankly, I thought it was a bit boring.
ReplyDeleteJust as a comparison, a few young adult/kids books I've enjoyed: The Tale of Despereaux, Harry Potter series, Hunger Games series, The True Meaning of Smekday, The Giver, When You Reach Me, The Unicorn Chronicles series by Bruce Coville, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Alice in Wonderland.
I read it and loved it. Right now i'm working on the sequel lucky breaks.
ReplyDelete-Georgana