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The Higher Power of Lucky
Susan Patron and Matt Phelan

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Janet Hamilton, March 1, 2007

What an honor to encounter an author unafraid of helping children to face whatever complications happen to occur in their lives. Lucky at age 10 knows that life can be both beautiful and scary. She knows that friends can be adorable and annoying, that losing someone you love challenges you sometimes to find out if you are just plain unlovable. She’s not afraid of facing up to what Alcoholics Anonymous is all about or figuring out the meaning of a word like “scrotum.” She doesn’t have to be protected from the realities of the world around her. She is a resourceful survivor and she knows she needs love. She knows she has a mean gland and she knows how to compensate. She’s trying to take all the complicated strands of her life, including her electrocuted mother, her absent father, and the beloved guardian who she fears will leave her and weave them into a beautiful neat 10 strand knot like her friend Lincoln knows how to create. She takes it all very seriously with a delightful sense of humor. Lucky is a real kid in a real world and she comes alive in a book that deserves medals not banning.

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