Three Times Lucky
School year: Year 6, Year 7, Year 8
No. of pages 336
Published: 2015
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This book is the winner of numerous awards
This book features in the following series: Mo And Dale Mysteries, Playaway Children .
This book is aimed at children at US 5th grade+.
This book has been graded for interest at 10 years.
There are 336 pages in this book.
It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.
This book was published in 2015 by Penguin Putnam Inc .
Sheila Turnage grew up on a farm in eastern North Carolina. A graduate of East Carolina University, she authored two nonfiction books and one picture book before she started writing about Mo LoBeau and Dale. Three Times Lucky is a Newbery Honor book, a New York Times bestseller, an Edgar Award Finalist, an E. B. White Read-Aloud Honor book, and was included on seven Best Book of the Year lists. The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing , the follow-up to Three Times Lucky , has so far garnered five starred reviews. Today Sheila lives on a farm with her husband, a smart dog, a dozen chickens, and a flock of guineas.
Edgar Allen Poe Award for Children Nominees
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Friendship in literature
This book has been nominated for the following awards:
Georgia Children's Book Award
The Georgia Childrens Book Award is a distinguished annual award that recognizes outstanding childrens literature and aims to promote a love of reading among young readers in Georgia. Established in 1985, the award is sponsored by the Georgia Association of Educators and is designed to encourage children to engage with quality literature. Each year, a committee selects a list of nominated books then students in grades K-5 vote for their favourite titles from that nominated list.
South Carolina Children's Book Award
In the South Carolina Children's Book Award, Committe members vote on consideration lists, these based on recommendations from previous members and submissions from publishers. Members vote and get the list down (from 100-200 booklist) to 20 with 5 alternates.
Edgar Allan Poe Award - Best Novel
This book was recognised in the Best Novel category of the Edgar Allan Poe Award . This book was recognised by the Edgar Allen Poe Award. The Edgars are presented annually by the members of the Mystery Writers of America to distinguished fiction and non-fiction works about crime, mystery and detection primarily by American authors.
Siba Book Award
This book was recognised by the Siba Book Award.
Colorado Children's Book Award
The Colorado Children's Book Awards are given by the Colorado Center for the Book, itself a program of Colorado Humanities. Awards are selected by a group of judges who are themselves selected on the basis of interest and competence. The common criteria for each category are content, originality, and widespread appeal.
A Newbery Honor Book
An ALA Notable Book
A Best Book of the Year:
Newsday, Wall Street Journal, James Patterson's Read Kiddo Read List, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Bookpage
An Edgar Award Nominee
An E.B. White Read-Aloud Honor book
A SIBA young adult award winner
A YALSA Teens' Top Ten Nominee
A Booklist Top 10 Crime Fiction for Youth
Multiple State Award Lists
Four starred reviews
Praise for Three Times Lucky
* "A wickedly awesome tale...Mo LoBeau is destined to become a standout character in children's fiction."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"An irresistible Southern narrator--a literary descendant of Scout Finch of To Kill a Mockingbird."--Top 12 Children's books of 2012, Newsday
* "Turnage's lively novel features a distinctive voice and a community of idiosyncratic characters."--Booklist, starred review
* "Here is a writer who has never met a metaphor or simile she couldn't put to good use."--Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Spunky and hilarious, eleven-year-old Mo LoBeau is one of my newest favorite heroines. Three Times Lucky will make everyone want to ride his or her own hurricane all the way to Tupelo Landing, just to join the fun."--Ingrid Law, Newbery Honor-winning author of Savvy
"A dandy mystery...Humor sweetens the mix, making Tupelo Landing a pleasant place to stay for a spell."--Horn Book
"Mo's deadpan colloquial narration is robust and often humorous...Mystery lovers and fans of titles like Di Camillo's Because of Winn-Dixie or Klise's Grounded will definitely want to set a spell with Mo."--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"The heroine of Sheila Turnage's Three Times Lucky is so plucky that young readers may wish she lived next door."--Wall Street Journal
"This book will leave readers hoping for more books about Mo and her gang."--School Library Journal
