“Lucky, age ten, can’t wait another day. The meanness gland in her heart and the crevices full of questions in her brain make running away from Hard Pan,
School library media specialists around the country deemed the Newbery Medal winning book The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron unsuitable for their students because of one word. Read on to find out the whos, whens, whys and hows in this case of censorship.
Higher Power of (Un)Lucky
Sunday, October 24, 2010
O is for Orphan
So other than a dog getting bit on his male reproductive organ, what is Higher Power of Lucky about? The ironic thing is that this term plays a very small role in the overall plot, as evidenced by the following summary found on the front jacket flap of the book:
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