Fortune Falls

About this book

Will good fortune find these journeys?

Don’t step on a crack or you’ll break your mother’s back.

Hold your breath when you pass a graveyard. Find a penny pick it up, all day long you’ll have good luck.

All this is second nature for the residents of Fortune Falls, a town where superstitions are deadly serious. (Just ask the poor moms walking around in scary back braces.) That’s why the “Lucky” kids are separated from the “Luckless” for their safety. But eleven-year-old Sadie doesn’t want to spend the rest of her life on the fringes, not when her best friend, Cooper, is destined to spend his charmed existence with the other Luckies.

Reviews

Praise for Fortune Falls

“Rich language, well-paced plotting, and rounded characters create an enchanting, hard-to-leave world. Sadie is a clever, resourceful, and brave heroine who is unwilling to abandon her family and friends, even when facing insurmountable odds. Make space on your shelves for this one.”
-- Booklist , Starred Review
“Bad luck has never been so interesting; hand this to middle grade readers who enjoy tales with a touch of magic and a plucky underdog.”
–School Library Journal