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Author
Series
Roscoe Riley rules volume 7
Language
English
Description
Roscoe is determined to guess the weight of a giant pumpkin in order to win books for his school library and candy for himself, but is overwhelmed by superstitions, especially about a certain black kitten.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Fortune Falls, where superstitions are real, and all children must pass regular "luck tests" to see if they are worthy, ill-fortuned Sadie has always been deemed as unlucky, and shunted aside for her luckier younger brother--but when she finds an unusually intelligent black cat named Jinx, her fortunes begin to change for the better.
5) Lucky socks
Author
Publisher
Phyllis Fogelman Books
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
Knowing that terrible things happen to him when he does not wear his lucky yellow socks, Kevin despairs when he cannot find them, but then he is surprised by what happens.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"If Mari Feijoo could, she would turn her family's Peak Cubanity down a notch, just enough so that her snooping neighbor and classmate Mykenzye wouldn't have anything to tease her about. That's why this year, there's no way that Mari's joining in on one of the big-gest Feijoo family traditions--burning the New Year's Eve effigy her abuela makes. Only Mari never suspects that failing to toss her effigy in the fire would bring something much worse than...
8) Lucky Luis
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Luis is convinced that he will not perform well on the baseball field without following his unique pre-game ritual.
9) The Banshee
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
When Terry wakes up in the middle of the night to horrible screeching, he thinks the Banshee has come to pay his family a visit.
11) Lucky enough
Author
Series
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
128 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Trey, sure his lucky charm got him onto the Ravens thirteen-year-old travel baseball team, becomes increasingly superstitious and, when he loses the charm, he loses confidence, as well.--Provided by Publisher.
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
217 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Esther's family moves to a farm during the Great Depression, she soon learns that there are things much more important than that her superstitious mother rarely shows her any affection.
Author
Series
The green hill volume 1
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
While staying with distant relatives in England, Americans Rowan, Meg, Silly, and James Morgan, with their neighbors Dickie Rhys and Finn Fachan, learn that one of them must fight to the death in the Midsummer War required by the local fairies.
14) The jumbee
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
385 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Devastated by the death of her Shakespearean-actor father, Esti Legard moves to a tropical island for her senior year in high school, where she finds herself torn between a mysterious, masked mentor and a seductive island boy, as she tries to escape the overpowering shadow of her famous father.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
76 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Thinking that luck--rather than hard work--has helped her succeed on the court and at school, ten-year-old Mia panics and turns to her twin brother for help when her lucky gold basketball goes missing from her charm bracelet.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
293 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After the Midsummer War ends, Meg Morgan faces a madman in the battle for control of the last bastion of fairies in England, aided by her siblings Rowan, Silly, and James, and American neighbors Dickie Rhys, and Finn Fachan.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
229 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Hattie grew up in Brooklyn, so her family's move to a small town in Massachusetts required a lot of adjustments, but by the time sixth-grade starts she has several new friends--but when she somehow invokes the harvest festival jinx, suddenly none of her new friends even recognize her, and she must find a way to break the spell.
Author
Publisher
Swoon Reads
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
268 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Jane, a superstitious fangirl, takes a babysitting job to avoid an unpaid internship with her college-obsessed mom. The only problem? She's babysitting the siblings of her new crush, Teo. Teo's friend Ravi hates Jane, and is determined to keep them apart, so Teo's pretty sure his plans for a peaceful summer are shot. His only hope is that his search for his birth father will finally pan out. Meanwhile, Jane's "perfect" sister Margo wants to come out...
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