U is for Ultimate decision

Because the challenge of Higher Power Lucky was brought by school librarians on a listserv, it is difficult to say with any confidence whether the librarians mentioned ended up purchasing the title for their collections. No articles have been published since those that initially told the story of the controversy.

In doing a bit of searching of school library catalogs, I found the following results:

• Dana Nilsson of Sunnyside Elementary School in Durango, CO did purchase the book for her collection
• Betty Klein of Avery Coonley School in Downers Grove, IL was reported in the SLJ article “Hitting Below the Belt?” to have purchased the title; I was not able to search the school’s catalog to confirm this.
• I cannot say whether Wendy Stoll of Smyrna Elementary in Louisville, KY purchased the title as I was not able to search the school's catalog
• Andrea Koch of French Road Elementary School in Brighton, NY did purchase the title.
  

As to the 24 unnamed librarians who reported on the LM NET listserv that they would not purchase Higher Power of Lucky, I obviously have no way of knowing if they added the title to their collections or not. According to World Cat, this title is available in 3000+ libraries around the country.