THE HIGHER POWER OF LUCKY by Susan Patron

The Higher Power of Lucky is about a girl named Lucky whose mom is dead and her dad is in France. Her step mom, Bridgette, is taking care of her to this day. Bridgette is from the country of France. Lucky and Bridgette live in Hard Pan, California which is in the middle of the desert. They live in a three part trailer which is very small. Lucky’s neighbor, Sammy Desoto has these Alcoholics Anonymous meetings at his house and Lucky always eavesdrops on them. What they talk about at the meetings is the Higher Power.
My favorite part in the book was when Lucky was going to run away. Bridgette is not home so Lucky goes in her room and gets Bridgette’s fancy red dress. She puts it on and packs all of her belongings in her backpack. Then Miles (the little kid in the neighborhood) comes by but Lucky shoes him away and he runs crying. Lucky leaves but in the middle of nowhere a dust storm comes up and she is stranded. She finds these little caves and hides in there. Then she hears crying and she figures out it is Miles. She gets him and they spend the night in the caves. If you want to know what happens next you should really read this book.

Lucia