Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
2008
Journal / Book Title
Thinking: The Journal of Philosophy for Children
Abstract
Ten-year-old Lucky lost her mother in a freak accident; her father is missing, and she is being cared for by her father’s former girlfriend in a tiny town at the edge of the Mojave desert. That could be the set-up for a story of loss and poverty. But this girl lives up to her name: she takes scraps of information, chance experiences, and overheard theories as resources for imagining the world and plotting her way forward. She learns how things work from the desert animals and insects, with the help of her hero, Charles Darwin. She learns survival and a good attitude from her quirky neighbors, becoming a first-rate self-educator and independent thinker.
Book Publisher
Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Shea, Peter, "(2008) The Higher Power of Lucky (2006) by Susan Patron" (2008). Collected Papers of Peter Shea. 5.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/iapc_pshea/5