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Author
Publisher
American Girl Publishing
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When Rebecca helps her injured neighbor, Mr. Rossi, by caring for his pigeons, she discovers a strange black pigeon with an eerie message warning Mr. Rossi of danger, and consults a fortune teller to learn if she is in danger, as well.
122) Possessed
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Ambitious factory worker dreams of satin gowns and diamond earrings. In an effort to realize her dreams she moves to New York and pursues a relationship with an influential lawyer.
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Set on the streets of Lower Manhattan in 1871, "The Virgin Cure" is the story of Moth, a girl abandoned by her father and raised by a mother telling fortunes to the city's desperate women. One summer night, twelve-year-old Moth is pulled from her bed and sold as a servant to a finely dressed woman. It is this betrayal suffered at the hands of her own mother than changes her life forever.
124) Mala suerte
Author
Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 8
Publisher
Molino Lectorum
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
Español
Description
Rowley has ditched Greg for his new girlfriend, and Greg is finding it harder than ever to make friends in middle school. Is Greg's luck ever going to change?
125) Big
Language
English
Formats
Description
Josh is a 12-year-old who makes a wish from an old machine to be big. Not really believing it will work, Josh is very surprised to find himself BIG the next morning. Now he looks like a 30 years old guy, but he still behaves like a boy. He decide to go with his best friend to New York and try to find the machine that can fix his wish. In New York he gets a job in a toy company and develops a romantic crush on a beautiful woman. Now Josh must learn...
126) The unfortunate son
Author
Publisher
Viking Childrens Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Luc, a youth born with one ear and raised by a drunken father in fifteenth-century France, finds a better home with fisherman Pons, his sister Mattie, and their ward Beatrice, the daughter of a disgraced knight, and even after being kidnapped and sold into slavery in Africa, he remains remarkably fortunate.
Author
Series
Children of the lamp volume 6
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old djinn twins John and Philippa travel from the Himalayas to Yellowstone National Park seeking to uncover and protect five holy men before the wicked djinn responsible for upsetting the balance of the world's luck finds them.
Author
Series
Cookie chronicles volume 5
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
It's a cookie catastrophe when Ben receives five conflicting fortunes and doesn't know which advice to follow! Another hilarious Cookie Chronicles adventure that middle grade readers who love Wimpy Kid and Dog Man will gobble up with gusto. When Ben finds a lost wallet, he's determined to do the right thing instead of spending the money on sweets. But what is the right thing? Ben seeks the guidance of one fortune cookie after another—yet none of...
Publisher
Alpha Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1977
Language
English
Description
An Englishman, Allan Quartermain, traveling in Africa finds a gold medallion. Convinced it is linked to the legendary city of King Solomon and its treasure, he organizes an expedition to the forbidden city, unaware of the dangers that lie ahead.
130) Fiona's luck
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A clever woman named Fiona must pass the leprechaun king's tests when she tries to get back all the luck he has locked away from humans.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"An orphaned fortune teller in 18th-century England searches for answers about her deceased mother and uncovers shocking secrets about her family"--
"INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER “A big, satisfying, and clever read.” —The Times (London) An orphaned fortune teller in 18th-century England searches for answers about her long-dead mother and uncovers shocking secrets in this immersive and atmospheric saga perfect for fans of Sarah Waters and Sarah...
132) Lost sloth
Author
Publisher
McSweeney's McMullens
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Sloth hurries to make it to the store to claim his free shopping spree, but the notoriously slow-moving animal faces challenges in reaching his destination before time runs out.
Author
Publisher
Voracious / Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
As long as people have lived, they have longed for wisdom and comfort from those who have died. In The Book of Saeances, artist, author, and witch Claire Goodchild takes readers on a journey over the historical landscape of spiritualism and guides questers through safe practices for cultivating a connection with the other side. The Book of Saeances details the four types of spiritual encounters, teaches us how to protect ourselves, and breaks down...
Author
Series
Harlem girl lost volume 3
Publisher
Cash Money Content
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
In the multi-billion-dollar-a-year entertainment industry there is a secret society of women that few are privy to. All of these women are vying for one thing -- an opportunity to live a luxurious, lavish lifestyle by snagging a rich and famous singer, rapper or athlete. Betty Blaise, or Fly Betty to those who truly know her, was not in it to be a wife or even the baby momma of a wealthy public figure -- she had her sights set higher, much higher....
135) One smart cookie
Author
Series
Publisher
RH Graphic, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Silly snack-hunting squirrels Norma and Belly are back! Don't miss their latest hilarious cookie caper in the fourth comic in this award-winning and Eisner-nominated series. If you had a fortune cookie fortune that read: “Feed this cookie to a squirrel” would you do it? Norma thinks you would! And she quickly she gets to work devising a plan with friends Belly and Little B to sneak through the MR.FORTUNE cookie factory to get their own fortunes...
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Best friends Bunbun and Bonbon go hunting for some luck in this adorable young graphic novel. A bad-luck day turns into an epic quest in the second book in this graphic novel series starring a chipper young bunny and a fancy talking candy"--
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
How important is luck in economic success? No question more reliably divides conservatives from liberals. As conservatives correctly observe, people who amass great fortunes are almost always talented and hardworking. But liberals are also correct to note that countless others have those same qualities yet never earn much. In recent years, social scientists have discovered that chance plays a much larger role in important life outcomes than most people...
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