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librarybonanza 's review for:
Three Times Lucky
by Sheila Turnage
Age: 5th-middle school
Award: Newbery Honor 2013, Caudill nominee 2016
Truth is every time I saw this book on my makeshift bedside table I couldn't help singing, "Once, twice, three times a lady."
Mo LoBeau considers herself not just lucky but three times lucky. Once when her Upstream Mother tied her to a raft in the middle of a hurricane and sent her swirling down a river. Twice when the Colonel snatched her up from the flood after crashing his car into a tree. And thrice when Miss Lana took her in as her own. When the crankiest man in town ends up dead, Mo is on the case with her best friend Dale Earnhardt Johnson III.
A perfect mystery with solid characters and tid bits of humor throughout (why is Dale always wearing black?). Even more perfect when read with a Southern accent. I also appreciated that the friendship between Dale and Mo didn't blossom into love, or even mention love potentially existing. I can't begin to tell you how refreshing this is.
Award: Newbery Honor 2013, Caudill nominee 2016
Truth is every time I saw this book on my makeshift bedside table I couldn't help singing, "Once, twice, three times a lady."
Mo LoBeau considers herself not just lucky but three times lucky. Once when her Upstream Mother tied her to a raft in the middle of a hurricane and sent her swirling down a river. Twice when the Colonel snatched her up from the flood after crashing his car into a tree. And thrice when Miss Lana took her in as her own. When the crankiest man in town ends up dead, Mo is on the case with her best friend Dale Earnhardt Johnson III.
A perfect mystery with solid characters and tid bits of humor throughout (why is Dale always wearing black?). Even more perfect when read with a Southern accent. I also appreciated that the friendship between Dale and Mo didn't blossom into love, or even mention love potentially existing. I can't begin to tell you how refreshing this is.