I loved this book. I am a 25 year old going to school to be a elementary school teacher and had to read it for class. I think this book was very good. For the use of the the one word that everyone knocks this book about I feel that using the correct term (in which Patron did) is better then using slang for it. For the use of drugs, alcohol, and smoking, it is all done by adults and not a single child does anything bad in the book with these.
The Higher Power of Lucky
(2006, Fiction - Contemporary Fiction, Written by Susan Patron, Illustrated by Matt Phelan)Ratings at a Glance
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- I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
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- I rate this title on for age 9 and give it
A beautiful story for higher thinkers
My son and I read this together for a book reprot in forth grade. Despite the lack of action, we were both drawn into the plight of a little girl whose life feels so precarious that she turns to the twelve steps to regain a sense of power over her fate. The themes of loss, insecurity, community and identity are simply rendered in a way that my young son had no problem identifying the importance of a higher power for us all. I thought this book was lovely and profound and have reccomended it to adult readers as well as children. Ignore the fuss over the anatomic language in the first chapter and if your really concerend, read the book first before you give it to your child (a practice I reccommend with any book regardless of the awards it receives.) Good luck and good reading!
- I rate this title iffy for age 8 and give it
its iffy
in my opinion, i don't really like it!
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
Unique at its finest
Great escape to another social culture yet simular dilemmas of today's children.
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
Very Good, but not Great
Susan Patron's characters are very likable. Children will be able to see some of themselves in Lucky. The story meanders, but not terribly. I just don't get the fuss about the "s-word".
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- I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
A wonderful Book!
I thought thi book, The Higher Power of Lucky, is a wonderful book! It's Funny, has good characters, and it has a goo theme! It teaches kids a good moral to remeber, and its hilarious! And theres nothing really bad for the use of the inaporpreate word, they just use it to say where a dog was bit.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
A Disappointment
This Newbery Medal Book is just so slow and dull that you will have no desire to read it. Do not waste your time reading it.
- I rate this title off for age 2 and give it
I hated it!
The Higher Power of Lucky was a horribly book!It had no point and no story line. There were too many drugs, alchohol, beer, and over all weird people. Not a good influence on little kids. The characters were terrible and there were no point. I got so bored out of the book. I really want to burn the book myself! Don't ever read the book, it is a waste of time and a waste of money.
