Patron, Susan.

The higher power of Lucky / by Susan Patron ; with illustrations by Matt Phelan. - 1st ed. - New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2006. - 134 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

"A Richard Jackson book." A John Newbery Medal award winner for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children.

Fearing that her legal guardian plans to abandon her to return to France, ten-year-old aspiring scientist Lucky Trimble determines to run away while also continuing to seek the Higher Power that will bring stability to her life.

Ages 9-11.

A Junior Library Guild selection.

ISBN: 1416901949 (hardcover) : $16.95 9781416901945 (hardcover) : $16.95 9780545036146 0545036143

LCCN: 2005021767

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Abandoned children--Fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Runaways--Fiction.
Children's literature--2007.