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Book 121/150.

One of the best Newbery award winners I‘ve read! Completely captured my heart. ♥️
#NewberyEpicChallenge

#NewberyEpicChallenge books for July!

📚The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
📚The White Stag by Kate Seredy

Happy reading!

It is wrong to have snakes in dryers! This is not something that would ever happen in France. California is not a civilized country!"

I didn't think that this book was that good, but the way that the author goes into detail about the town and the way that the girl lives her life.

Contemporary Realistic fiction and was written in 2006. This book is about a young ten year old girl who talks about how she speaks, her reason, and her feelings. She goes over her life and situations in depth. She explains her small town and how idolized the works of Charles Darwin.

#LuckyYou
#Literary luck

Preteen Lucky lives in Hard Pan (population 23) with her guardian, Bridgette, and her dog, HMS Beagle. Her mom died 2 years ago and Bridgette, who is from France, came to the U.S. to care for Lucky. (How she came to be guardian is a little convoluted so I'll let Lucky explain it) Lucky is worried that Bridgette is planning to go back to France and leave her with a foster family. Lucky takes her future into her own hands. #NewberyChallenge

This was a very sweet book about Lucky, a girl who is searching for her higher power. Lucky lives in a very economically marginalized community and is being raised by her father's ex-girlfriend because her mother dies and her dad isn't around. She struggles with understanding that she is wanted and feeling secure in her relationship to her guardian - hijinks ensue.

Listening to this audiobook next!

#bannedbookweek #bannedbooks #favoritebannedbook #bannedbookonmyTBR #bannedbooksweekchallenge
Catching up on this challenge📚😍
Favorite:TKAM; TBR: In Cold Blood (reread, read years ago)

Very good. For me, this was in between "pick" and "so so." Great character development, great writing, believable protagonist, but I wasn't drawn to her as I am to others. And I'm not sure why. Which irritates me I can't put into words why I didn't like it enough. Still a great read, won a Newberry as it should've, just wanted MORE from the protag. More something. #doreadittho #thehigherpoweroflucky