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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.
Publication Date
2008
Publisher
Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children
City
Montclair
Keywords
philosophy for children, survival, animals, death
Disciplines
Education | Philosophy
Recommended Citation
Gregory, Maughn, "Higher Power of Lucky (2008) by Susan Patron" (2008). Chapter Books. 4.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/iapc_thinkingstories_chapterbooks/4