luck

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.

When the state of Maine threatens to shut down their island's one-room schoolhouse because of dwindling enrollment, eleven-year-old Tess, a strong believer in luck, and her family take in a trumpet-playing foster child, to increase the school's population.

Roscoe is determined to guess the weight of a giant pumpkin in order to win books for his school library and candy for himself, but is overwhelmed by superstitions, especially about a certain black kitten.

When Emily gets a toy duck for her birthday, she thinks it brings her good luck.

Mary Anne seems to be jinxed after throwing away a chain letter, and her bad luck is rubbing off on everyone else.

After receiving an ominous fortune in a fortune cookie and then breaking an antique mirror, eleven-year-old Mary Ellen endures a run of bad luck, starting with the news that her best friend Justine is moving to Paris.

After receiving an ominous fortune in a fortune cookie and then breaking an antique mirror, eleven-year-old Mary Ellen endures a run of bad luck, starting with the news that her best friend Justine is moving to Paris.

When Lucy finds a shiny coin that her father tells her is lucky, she rushes to show it to her mother.

Charlie tries to use lucky charms to win a baseball game, but all he really needs is his lucky pitching arm.

When Kat's family moves into a new home and she finds a live sponge under the sink, her family's luck starts to turn and she discovers that the sponge is really a mythical Grool.