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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The very bad day The very bad day Mary Packard A young girl is having a very bad day, from falling out of bed in the morning to not being able to find her friends, but when she returns home from a rainy trip to the park her friends are waiting fo… OL15126026W
The silver penny The silver penny Randall Wright A rare silver coin and a mysterious red-haired boy seem entangled in eleven-year-old Jacob "Deb" Corey's fate when he is laid up with a badly broken leg on his family's farm in the mid-1800s, just af… OL15857913W
Good Luck, Martha Good Luck, Martha Karen Barss "Martha worries that her recent bouts of bad luck might be contagious! Uh-oh. Martha walked under a ladder--and then she broke a mirror--so now she thinks she's jinxed! Helen tries to explain that al… OL16615679W
Flirting with disaster Flirting with disaster Sandra Byrd When forwarding a text message gets Seattle fifteen-year-old Savvy Smith in big trouble, she begins wondering if there is such a thing as luck and, if so, how it relates to God, but to find out she m… OL16623756W
Bad-luck basketball Bad-luck basketball Jake Maddox Brandon's junior high school basketball team is struggling to make the playoffs, and Brandon is starting to feel that his bad luck is dragging them down--and when their bus breaks down on the way to … OL17887963W
The Luckiest Kid on the Planet The Luckiest Kid on the Planet Lisa Campbell Ernst When he learns that Lucky is not his real name, but only a nickname given to him by his grandfather, a young boy's outlook on his whole life changes. OL1926378W
The clover curse The clover curse Poppy Green Discovering a rare four-leaf clover while painting in the clover patch, Sophie Mouse is dismayed when the clover's discovery appears to coincide with a streak of bad luck. OL19728193W
What the luck? What the luck? Gary Smith Explores the role of luck, specifically the concept of "regression to the mean," in everyday life, exploring how failures to understand chance and random variations influence choices and perceptions … OL20037797W
The golden goose The golden goose Jean Little Farmer Skint and his family on Woebegone Farm have fallen on hard times, but their luck changes with the arrival of a special golden goose. OL24063403W
My Little Pony My Little Pony Ruth Benjamin 22 p. : 23 cm OL4322511W
The lucky Easter hat The lucky Easter hat Joanne Mattern Maya finds a special hat the day before Easter, but will it really bring her good luck? OL501532W
Hey diddle diddle Hey diddle diddle Theresa Howell Presents an adaptation of the familiar nursery rhyme with illustrations and characters from the Southwest. OL5835498W