fortune

The second half of "Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Hard Luck" in which 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?.

"According to eleven-year-old Annie, luck is never on her side causing her to be somewhat of a loner, but after some prodding by her social studies teacher Annie relunctantly tries her fortune at making friends"--OCLC.

"On her first day at a new school, Ana finds a surprise from her mom in her backpack. The good luck charm turns her whole day around. But the lucky object has a dark side too. Can Ana get rid of it before her luck runs out?"--Back cover.

"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 world, Leek will stop at nothing to return to his boy--even though no rabbit has ever escaped the land of Hat before."--Jacket flap.

"Del loves lots of things! The Curious Cousins Secondhand Shoppe. Oscar the dog. And of course, her best-friend-cousin, Alma. Alma loves her abuelita's empanadas. Her old home by the lake. And soon she'll love living in the same place as her best-friend-cousin, Del. When Del finds a treasure that brings special luck to her, she begins to see the magic of the stoop sale treasure everywhere--but doesn't notice that it's driving the two girls apart. Will family, friendship, and maybe a little everyday magic be enough to make things right again?"--Provided by publisher.

Karen has a rotten, horrible, bad-luck day when nothing seems to go right. Her family tries to help her day get better.

Stuck in a rut, Nate Wright gets a boost from Chad's lucky foot, and suddenly, good luck is everywhere he turns.

Color illustrations and simple text depict children demonstrating what good luck is and what bad luck is.

Josh and his friends find an old game that promises the players good fortune at the expense of those who have wronged them, but when their luck skyrockets and horrible things happen to their enemies, they try to end the power they unleashed.

Vlad the vampire is having a really bad day, and it looks like Alexander the gremlin may have accidentally cursed him by following him around, but gremlins can bring good luck as well as bad.