Bellairs, John
Summary: The second book in the famous Lewis Barnavelt series. Settled into his new life, Lewis seems content living with his magical Uncle Jonathan and neighbour Mrs Zimmermann. He even has a new best friend, Rose Rita, who loves to play sport, build Roman ship models and play with magic - all the things Lewis loves to do too! After discovering Grandpa Barnavelt's 1859 lucky coin, Lewis is certain that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Piccadilly Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BELDewdney, Anna
Summary: Look out, world--Llama Llama is a TV star! The beloved character, made famous by Anna Dewdney's best-selling picture books, is now the star of his own Netflix original series.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers Licenses, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018
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Summary: Nine-year-old Emily Vole and her friends at Wings & Co. Fairy Detective Agency have their hands full with the sudden and mysterious death of local landowner Sir Walter Cross, devastating losses suffered by tailor Mr. Rollo, and the ruin of Pan Smith's wedding preparations the night before her big day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Square Fish, Henry Holt and Company 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED GARGeorge, Kallie
Summary: Clover, who wants to change her bad luck, accepts a volunteer position at a pet adoption agency unlike any other and soon finds herself in a world of fairy horses, dragons with temperamental snouts, wizards, princesses, and, unfortunately, witches.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion 2015
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Summary: "No fair! Karen is having a bad-luck day. Her favorite jeans are missing. There's no prize in the Crunch-O cereal box. And Boo-Boo the cat runs away from her! Karen tries everything to make her day better. But her bad luck just won't go away. She even gets punished and sent to her room! Poor Karen--will this be her worst day ever?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC MARKinney, Jeff
Summary: Greg Heffley's on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over to chance. Will a roll of the dice turn things around, or is Greg's life destined to be just another hard-luck story?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2014
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Summary: 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 the big game, Brandon has to turn luck into opportunity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2015
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1 available in Juvenile- Series, Call number: J Fiction Maddox 2015Parish, Herman.
Summary: A whimsical tale about friendship and luck finds the literal-minded young Amelia Bedelia and her friends testing superstitions related to such symbols as black cats, four-leaf clovers, and broken mirrors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books 2013
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE PARBarkley, Callie
Summary: After winning the lead role in a play, acing a spelling test, and finding money, second-grader Ellie wonders if the Critter Club animal shelter's newest animal--a little pink pig--is bringing her good luck.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J Fiction Series Barkley 2015Rubin, Adam
Summary: In Ancient Times, Gladys the dancing chicken goes on an epic adventure when she is mistaken for a magical chicken who grants wishes to those she encounters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ ALONG RUBWillard, Nancy
Summary: James has five quarters and Danny has four. That means nine whole tries to get the little silver race car out of the gumball machine at Mr. Wright's store after school. Only very, very lucky people get both gumballs and the silver racer. It's a good thing that one of James's quarters is a Canadian quarter, which just so happens to be very, very lucky. But is it lucky enough to get him that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG WILFarina, Katy
Summary: Another graphic novel in this fun series spin-off of The Baby-sitters Club, featuring Kristy's little stepsister! Karen is having a terrible day. Her favorite jeans are missing, there's no prize in the Crunch-O cereal box, and Boo-Boo the cat won't play with her. She even gets punished and sent to her room! Karen tries everything to make her day better, but nothing is going right and her bad...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J GRAPHIC BABMatheis, Mickie
Summary: Strawberry Shortcake and her friends are having the berry best time preparing for the annual St. Patrick's Day parade and festival. Everyone except Lemon Meringue, that is! Everything Lemon does seems to go wrong. When Strawberry sees how upset her friend is, she comes up with a fruitastic plan to turn Lemon's day around. Can Strawberry help her friend, or will Lemon have the unluckiest St....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2015
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1 available in Seasonal Juvenile Collection, Call number: JE MATNovales, Keka
Summary: When Lola cracks a mirror, she is not worried at first, but when one unlucky thing after another happens, Lola slowly becomes convinced she is cursed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE NOVFarizan, Sara
Summary: "Lila is trying to find her way in the world--to figure out her thing. Her talented sister, Parisa, and athletic best friend, Melanie, both seem to have found theirs... and Lila can't help feeling left behind. But just when she thinks she might have it in her school's new band program, the floor falls out from beneath Lila. The program may have its funding cut! Lila visits her local bank in an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC FARSantopolo, Jill.
Summary: "When Brooke breaks her arm, it's disastrous timing for the Sparkle Spa. The Auden Angels soccer team needs Rainbow Sparkles pedicures for good luck in the quarter finals."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2014
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC SANSimon, Coco
Summary: "Mia is having a terrible day! Everything is going wrong. She woke up late and couldn't make her hair look perfect or brush her teeth, she probably failed a pop quiz, and she broke her glasses! But when her mom's cousin Laura arrives from Puerto Rico, she gives Mia a bracelet with a lucky charm. All of a sudden, Mia's luck changes for the better. Mia's thrilled--she'll never have a bad day...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J CCD 26Bateman, Teresa.
Summary: A clever woman named Fiona must pass the leprechaun king's tests when she tries to get back all the luck he has locked away from humans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge 2007
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Summary: After an "unlucky" white ladybug lands on Silvermist's head, the usually calm water-talent fairy is convinced that she is under a curse.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2008
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED DISKline, Adam (Adam K.)
Summary: "We all have good luck and bad, courtesy of our very own lucky rabbits and black cats. Most people never even notice them. Cecil Bean had certainly never noticed his villainous cat, Millikin, or his devoted rabbit, Leek. At least not until Millikin hatched a deliciously evil plan to have Leek vanish within a magician's hat, leaving Cecil with no good luck at all. Thrown into a shadowy, perilous...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KLIMeyer, Marissa
Summary: Jude is determined to fly under the radar. He just wants to draw his comics, host regular D&D night with his friends, work at his parents’ vinyl record store, and escape high school as unscathed as possible. That is, until the night he comes across a mysterious twenty-sided dice and finds himself inexplicably gifted with a bout of supernatural good luck. Suddenly, everything Jude has ever...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MEYBarkley, Callie.
Summary: After winning the lead role in a play, acing a spelling test, and finding money, second-grader Ellie wonders if the Critter Club animal shelter's newest animal--a little pink pig--is bringing her good luck.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE BARBeasley, Cassie
Summary: In order for Tumble Wilson and Blue Montgomery to fix their ancestors' mistakes and banish the bad luck that has followed them around for all of their lives, they must face Munch, the mysterious golden alligator who cast the curse centuries ago.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BEACopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction BeaseyPizzoli, Greg
Summary: Susan the duck keeps feeling unlucky, so when a wolf shows up with gifts she has won it seems like her luck is turning around, but soon she realizes the wolf's intentions may not be as helpful as she imagined.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024