This is an Online Internet Book Club on The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron. Discuss this book, share your thoughts, make comments, ask questions, offer responses...
Description
Lucky, age ten, can't wait another day. The meanness gland in her heart and the crevices full of questions in her brain make running away from Hard Pan, California (population 43), the rock-bottom only choice she has.
It's all Brigitte's fault -- for wanting to go back to France. Guardians are supposed to stay put and look after girls in their care! Instead Lucky is sure that she'll be abandoned to some orphanage in Los Angeles where her beloved dog, HMS Beagle, won't be allowed. She'll have to lose her friends Miles, who lives on cookies, and Lincoln, future U.S. president (maybe) and member of the International Guild of Knot Tyers. Just as bad, she'll have to give up eavesdropping on twelve-step anonymous programs where the interesting talk is all about Higher Powers. Lucky needs her own -- and quick.
But she hadn't planned on a dust storm.
Or needing to lug the world's heaviest survival-kit backpack into the desert.
Book Club Questions for The Higher Power of Lucky (Fiction)
Suggested Book Club Questions for The Higher Power of Lucky (Fiction)
The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on The Higher Power of Lucky:
- Did Susan Patron emphasize any specific themes throughout The Higher Power of Lucky? What do you think Susan Patron is trying to explain with this theme?
- What was unique about the setting of The Higher Power of Lucky and how did it affect the storyline?
- Could you relate to any of the characters? If so, which ones and why?
- How do characters change or learn throughout The Higher Power of Lucky? What events caused these changes? Have you or someone you know experienced the same thing?
- How does The Higher Power of Lucky reveal Susan Patron's own perspectives about people and the world? For a lively discussion, describe why you think Susan Patron is liberal or conservative.
- Did certain parts of The Higher Power of Lucky affect you emotionally? Why did it evoke those emotions?
- Did Susan Patron's point of view on things lend new perspective to your own view of the world?
Book Club Questions for The Higher Power of Lucky (for Non-Fiction)
Suggested Book Club Questions for The Higher Power of Lucky (Non-fiction)
The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on The Higher Power of Lucky:
- Did Susan Patron make persuasive arguments in The Higher Power of Lucky? Did The Higher Power of Lucky change or reinforce your opinion on the subject?
- What did you learn from The Higher Power of Lucky?
- How does Susan Patron present the information and did you enjoy it?
- How is Susan Patron biased within The Higher Power of Lucky? Is there a political slant to what is being discussed and how does it impact the book?
- What, if anything, does The Higher Power of Lucky make you want to read next? Why?
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