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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.

2) Hard luck

Author

Kinney, Jeff

Series

Diary of a wimpy kid volume 8

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I can read! Beginning reading 1
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Amelia Bedelia and Friends

"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?"--

3) Amelia Bedelia tries her luck

Author

Parish, Herman

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A whimsical tale about friendship and luck finds the literal-minded young Amelia Bedelia and her friends testing superstitions related to such symbols as black cats, four-leaf clovers, and broken mirrors.

4) Mia the way the cupcake crumbles

Author

Simon, Coco

Series

Cupcake diaries volume 26

Publisher

Simon Spotlight, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division

Pub. Date

2015.

Description

"Mia is having a terrible day! Everything is going wrong. She woke up late and couldn't make her hair look perfect or brush her teeth, she probably failed a pop quiz, and she broke her glasses! But when her mom's cousin Laura arrives from Puerto Rico, she gives Mia a bracelet with a lucky charm. All of a sudden, Mia's luck changes for the better. Mia's thrilled--she'll never have a bad day again--or will she?"--Back cover.

5) Lost sloth

Author

Seibold, J. Otto

Publisher

McSweeney's McMullens

Pub. Date

c2013

Description

Coatsworth, Elizabeth Jane

Sloth hurries to make it to the store to claim his free shopping spree, but the notoriously slow-moving animal faces challenges in reaching his destination before time runs out.

6) The cat who went to heaven

Author

Publisher

Aladdin Paperbacks

Pub. Date

2008

Description

In ancient Japan a struggling artist is angered when his housekeeper brings home a tiny white cat he can barely afford to feed.

7) Mari and the curse of El Cocodrilo

Author

Cuevas, Adrianna

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"If Mari Feijoo could, she would turn her family's Peak Cubanity down a notch, just enough so that her snooping neighbor and classmate Mykenzye wouldn't have anything to tease her about. That's why this year, there's no way that Mari's joining in on one of the big-gest Feijoo family traditions--burning the New Year's Eve effigy her abuela makes. Only Mari never suspects that failing to toss her effigy in the fire would bring something much worse than...

8) The fortune teller's curse

Author

Mercier, Deb

Series

Detective You

Publisher

Lake 7 Creative

Pub. Date

2023

Description

Texas Bluebonnet Award 2023-2024

The Pizza Emporium's retro arcade is a popular hangout, so you're surprised to learn that the restaurant is losing business. The arcade's fortune teller machine is supposed to be a fun addition, but now it's scaring away customers. The machine's predictions have taken a sinister turn--and they're starting to come true! When you decide to uncover what's really going on, you must choose your supplies and let the investigation begin.

9) Gladys the magic chicken

Author

Rubin, Adam

Publisher

G.P. Putnam's Sons

Pub. Date

[2021]

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In Ancient Times, Gladys the dancing chicken goes on an epic adventure when she is mistaken for a magical chicken who grants wishes to those she encounters.

10) Kindergarten luck

Author

Borden, Louise

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Pub. Date

[2015]

Description

Warner, Gertrude Chandler

After he finds a brand new shiny penny, Theodore has a perfect day in kindergarten.

11) The mystery in the fortune cookie

Author

Series

The Boxcar children

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

The Boxcar children have dinner at a Chinese restaurant and get a handwritten riddle in a fortune cookie! One riddle leads to another, and the children wonder who is leaving the cookie clues and why.

12) The great Louweezie

Author

Perl, Erica S

Series

Arnold and Louise volume 1

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

The unlikely friendship of Arnold and Louise--a big bear and a chatty chipmunk--is tested when Louise claims to be able to predict the future.

13) Ben Yokoyama and the cookies of chaos

Author

Series

Cookie chronicles volume 5

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

Pub. Date

2023.

Description

While attempting to return a lost wallet to its owner, Ben tries out different life philosophies inspired by his friends, family, and fortune cookies.

14) Five nights at Freddy's: Fazbear frights.Graphic novel collection.Vol. 4

Author

Hastings, Chris

Series

Five nights at Freddy's volume Fazbear frights (Graphic novel)

Publisher

Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic

Pub. Date

2024.

Description

From a boy determined to teach the school bully a lesson to a novelty toy that brings good luck with monstrous consequences, this terrifying trio of tales will have FNAF fans on the edge of their seats.

15) The many fortunes of Maya

Author

Collier, Nicole D

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Always turning to her Wheel of Fortunes, a cardboard circle covered with wisdom she's collected from fortune cookies, for answers and a dose of luck, 12-year-old Maya must find the courage to write her own fortune to answer her deep-down questions.

16) Ben Yokoyama and the cookie of perfection

Author

Series

Cookie chronicles volume 3

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

Pub. Date

[2021]

Description

After getting a fortune cookie with the message, "Practice makes perfect," Ben meets new student Darby, who claims to be perfect and offers to teach Ben his secrets.

17) Ben Yokoyama and the cookie thief

Author

Series

Cookie chronicles volume 4

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

Pub. Date

2022.

Description

After his fortune cooken is stolen by the school bully, Ben tries to get his fortune back by taking his case to the Kid Court.

18) Ben Yokoyama and the cookie of doom

Author

Series

Cookie chronicles volume 1

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

Pub. Date

[2021]

Description

Eight-year-old Ben takes a fortune cookie literally, and believing he has only one day left to live, tries to do everything he has always wanted to before nightfall.

19) Ben Yokoyama and the cookie of endless waiting

Author

Series

Cookie chronicles volume 2

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

Pub. Date

[2021]

Description

Little Maverick Reading List 2024

A fortune cookie convinces Ben he can have whatever he wants if he is willing to wait, but getting paired with eccentric former friend Walter for a school scavenger hunt leads to unexpected rewards.

20) One smart cookie

Author

Song, Mika

Series

Norma and Belly book

Publisher

RH Graphic

Pub. Date

2023.

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