What reading level is The Higher Power of Lucky?
The Higher Power of Lucky
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What reading level is The Higher Power of Lucky?
The Higher Power of Lucky

Interest Level | Reading Level | Word Count |
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Grades 4 – 8 | Grades 5 – 10 | 29977 |
How many pages does The Higher Power of Lucky have?
134 pp
The Higher Power of Lucky
First edition cover | |
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Author | Susan Patron |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 134 pp |
ISBN | 1-4169-0194-9 |
What is the theme of The Higher Power of Lucky?
The dominant theme in “The Higher Power of Lucky” is that of abandonment. Lucky Trimble, the 12-year-old protagonist, lost her mother, Lucille, when she accidentally stepped on to a power line that had fallen down after a horrific rainstorm. Lucky’s father had abandoned her and her mother before she was born.
Who is the main character in The Higher Power of Lucky?

Lucky
Lucky, the main character of The Higher Power of Lucky, is a ten year old living in Hard Pan, California, population 43. It was 42 after her mother died, but then Brigitte came to take care of Lucky and it was back to 43. Brigitte is a French woman who was married to Lucky’s father before he was her father.
What genre is The Higher Power of Lucky?
Children’s literature
Fiction
The Higher Power of Lucky/Genres
When was the Higher Power of Lucky published?
November 7, 2006The Higher Power of Lucky / Originally published
How old is lucky in the Higher Power of Lucky?
ten-year-old
This middle grade novel, which won the Newbery Medal, is about a ten-year-old girl, Lucky.
Who won the most Newbery Awards?
Sharon Creech has been both a winner and Honor recipient. Louis Sachar won in 1999 for Holes. Kate DiCamillo is one of six authors to have been a Newbery winner multiple times. Jacqueline Woodson has been a Newbery Honor recipient four times….Recipients.
Year | 1938 |
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Author | Kate Seredy |
Book | The White Stag |
Award | Winner |
What is the best Newbery book?
Newbery Medal Winners
- Newbery Medal Winners.
- When You Trap a Tiger. by Tae Keller. Merci Suárez Changes Gears.
- When You Reach Me. by Rebecca Stead. Good Masters!
- Holes. by Louis Sachar. The Westing Game.
- Secret of the Andes. by Ann Nolan Clark.
- Miss Hickory. by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey.
- Roller Skates. by Ruth Sawyer.
Has anyone won the Newbery Award more than once?
Six authors have won two Newbery Medals each, several have won both a Medal and Honor, while a larger number of authors have won multiple Honors, with Laura Ingalls Wilder having won five Honors without ever winning the Medal.