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Nancy Clancy volume 3
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
117 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
Third-grader Nancy tries her hand at fortune-telling but quickly learns it is a bit more complicated than she thought.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Gloria's family becomes strangely cursed with a streak of bad luck. But as life takes unexpected detours, Gloria manages to tear apart her pain to find the humor in even the toughest things that happen to her. When her teenage son Billy uncharacteristically lets off some steam in a series of scandalous pranks, the tragic results are something no one could have predicted. But with the love of his family and some unexpected help, Billy sees the magic...
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The Newbery Award winner, based on a true story! Captured by slave traders when only fifteen, At-mun never forgot his roots as a prince. Nor did he ever lose his princely dignity and the courage to hold his head high. Sold at auction in America and haunted by the memory of his young sister left behind in Africa, At-mun, now Amos, began his long march to freedom. He dreamed of being free and of buying the freedom of his closest friends. By the time...
Publisher
Pantelion Films
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Maximo gets the surprise of his life when his wealthy, 80 year old wife dumps him for a younger car salesman. Forced out of his mansion, he must now move in with his estranged sister Sara and her nerdy but adorable son Hugo. Anxious to return to the lap of luxury, Maximo hatches a scheme to seduce a widowed billionaire and live the high life once again.
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Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
x, 290 pages ; 25 cm
Description
Janine Brown of Cedar Falls, Iowa, is this year's lucky winner of a brand-new, fully loaded dream home! Problem is, which Janine Brown? Janine "Janey" Brown is at first reluctant to give up the safety and sanctity she finds in her tiny kitchen. Across town, Janine "Nean" Brown knows that this house promises an escape from the latest in her revolving door of crappy jobs and drunk boyfriends. Both Janine Browns head for Christmas Cove, Maine, to claim...
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Diary of a wimpy kid volume 8
Description
"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?"--
13) Fiona's luck
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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.
14) Dragon dreams
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Not-so-tiny tales of Simon Seahorse volume 7
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
116 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Description
Simon visits a fortune-telling seadragon who gives him an alarming, but incomplete prediction, that his friend Olive the octopus is in danger.
15) Lucky leaf
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Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Description
After his mother tells him to stop playing video games and go outside, a young boy tries to catch the last leaf on a tree, thinking it will bring him luck.
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
384 pages cm
Description
"Good luck isn't just chance, it can be learned and leveraged, and The Serendipity Mindset explains how to use serendipity to make life better at work, at home-everywhere. Most of us think that the important decisions and events in our lives happen by chance, that they're out of our control. Often we think that successful people-and successful companies and organizations-are simply luckier than the rest of us. Good fortune-serendipity-just seems to...
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Miss Fortune mystery volume 20
Pub. Date
2021.
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It’s time for the annual Halloween festival in Sinful, and Fortune, Ida Belle, and Gertie can’t wait to suit up and enjoy the food and activities. But when a dead man gallops through the park on a black stallion and slides to a decapitated stop right in front of Swamp Team 3, they know another festival is about to be turned on its head…so to speak. Gil Forrest never won any popularity contests and his dramatic and somewhat horrifying ride isn’t...
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Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
©2014.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Description
Seeing a four-leaf clover at a show-and-share, Fancy Nancy becomes superstitious and goes overboard trying to keep track of everything that is lucky and unlucky before deciding to settle on what she truly believes.
Author
Series
Witches of Benevento volume 1
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
119 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 18 cm.
Description
During mischief season, the children of the ancient town of Benevento have to deal with the nasty tricks of the Janara, so Emilio and Rosa approach the fortune teller Zia Pia for help.
Author
Publisher
Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
Four animals make their way to a pier, hoping to catch some fish for dinner, but as they spy one another each fears another will ruin his or her luck.
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