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The Thing about Luck Hardcover - 2013
by Cynthia Kadohata; Julia Kuo (Illustrator)
Just when 12-year-old Summer thinks nothing else can possibly go wrong in a year of bad luck, an emergency takes her parents to Japan, leaving Summer to care for her little brother while helping her grandmother cook and do laundry for harvest workers. Illustrations.
Summary
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 Japanright before harvest season. Summer andher little brother, Jaz, are left in the care of their grandparents, who come out of retirement in order to harvest wheat and help pay the bills.
The thing about Obaachan and Jiichan is that they are old-fashioned and demanding, andbetween helping Obaachan cook for the workers, covering for her when her back pain worsens, and worrying about her lonely little brother, Summer just barely has time to notice the attentions of their bosss cute son. But notice she does, and what begins as a welcome distraction from the hard work soon turns into a mess of its own.
Having thoroughly disappointed her grandmother, Summer figures the bad luck must be finishedbut then it gets worse. And when that happens, Summer has to figure out how to change it herself, even if it means further displeasing Obaachan. Because it might be the only way to save her family.
Details
- Title The Thing about Luck
- Author Cynthia Kadohata; Julia Kuo (Illustrator)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York, NY
- Date 2013-06-04
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- ISBN 9781416918820 / 1416918825
- Weight 0.69 lbs (0.31 kg)
- Dimensions 7.2 x 5.88 x 0.94 in (18.29 x 14.94 x 2.39 cm)
- Ages 10 to 14 years
- Grade levels 5 - 9
- Reading level 700
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Asian - General
- Ethnic Orientation: Asian - General
- Ethnic Orientation: Asian - Japanese
- Geographic Orientation: Kansas
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Japanese Americans, Brothers and sisters
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012021287
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Citations
- Booklist, 04/01/2013, Page 47
- Booklist Ed Choice Youth, 01/01/2014, Page 15
- Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 09/01/2013, Page 0
- Horn Book Magazine, 07/01/2013, Page 133
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2013, Page 82
- Kirkus Best Middle Grade Books, 11/15/2013, Page 78
- Kirkus Reviews, 04/15/2013, Page 0
- New York Times Book Review, 06/16/2013, Page 21
- Publishers Weekly, 04/22/2013, Page 0
- PW Best Children's Books, 11/11/2013, Page 24
- School Library Journal, 06/01/2013, Page 128
- Shelf Awareness, 06/07/2013, Page 0
- SLJ's Best Books, 12/01/2013, Page 36
- Voice of Youth Advocates, 06/01/2013, Page 0
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