Today on OOM we’re celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, an international holiday honoring the life of the patron saint of Ireland as well as Irish and Irish-American culture. In addition to donning green and searching for four-leaf clovers, we’ll be reading some “lucky” books! Check out the roundup below of some great reads that might have you feeling more fortunate.
Rainbow Magic Special Edition: Lindsay the Luck Fairy by Daisy Meadows (Ages 7–10): Lindsay the Luck Fairy brings a dose of magical good luck to readers everywhere! St. Patrick’s Day is full of magic, and Lindsay the Luck Fairy is the one who keeps it that way! But when Jack Frost’s goblins steal her special objects, Lindsay’s luck runs out. Now everyone, everywhere is doomed to have a horribly unlucky St. Patrick’s Day. Can Lindsay find her magic?
Lucky Strike by Bobbie Pyron (Ages 8–12): Nate Harlow has never had a lucky day in his life. He’s never won a prize, he’s never been picked first, he’s never even won a coin toss. His best friend, Genesis Beam (aka Gen), believes in science and logic, and she doesn’t think for one second that there’s such a thing as luck, good or bad. But only an extremely unlucky person could be struck by lightning on his birthday...and that person is Nate Harlow. By some miracle, though, Nate survives, and the strike seems to have changed his luck. This lucky streak can’t last forever, though, and as a hurricane draws close to the shores of Paradise Beach, Nate and Gen may need more than just good luck to save their friendship and their town: They need a miracle.
Fortune Falls by Jenny Goebel (Ages 8–12): Welcome to Fortune Falls, a magical town where superstitions are deadly serious, a rabbit’s foot is the secret to success and four-leaf clovers bring good fortune. However, for 11 year-old Sadie Bleeker there aren’t enough charms in the universe to help make her lucky. She can’t pass a ladder without walking under it, and black cats won’t leave her alone. Things are about to get worse as her 12th birthday approaches. Unluckies like Sadie are sent away at the age of 12 to protect those around them. Sadie can’t stand the thought of leaving home, and neither can her best friend Cooper. So with her birthday fast approaching, they devise a plan to reverse Sadie’s bad luck. But when their scheme accidentally results in a broken mirror, Sadie’s last hope is to pass the luck test to prove to everyone in Fortune Falls that she is lucky. Can a girl who’s never even found a lucky penny change her fortune? Or will she be forced to celebrate her twelfth birthday by saying farewell to everyone she loves?
