The Thing about Luck

by Cynthia Kadohata

Book Overview

The winner of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, from Newbery Medalist Cynthia Kadohata. There is bad luck, good luck, and making your own luck--which is exactly what Summer must do to save her family. Summer knows that kouun means "good luck" in Japanese, and this year her family has none of it. Just when she thinks nothing else can possibly go wrong, an emergency whisks her parents away to Japan--right before harvest season...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416918825
• ISBN13: 9781416918820
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 7.2"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9