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It's 1969 in New York City's Lower East Side, and word has spread of the arrival of a mystical woman, a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die. The Gold children--four adolescents on the cusp of self-awareness--sneak out to hear their fortunes. Their prophecies inform their next five decades. Golden-boy Simon escapes to the West Coast, searching for love in '80s San Francisco; dreamy Klara becomes a Las Vegas...
5) Lucky Penny
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"If Penny Brighton didn't have bad luck, she'd have no luck at all. She lost her job. And her apartment. In the same day. But it's okay, her friend has a cozy storage unit she can crash in. And there's bound to be career opportunities at the neighborhood laundromat--just look how fast that 12-year-old who runs the place made it to management! Plus, there's this sweet guy at the community center, and maybe Penny can even have a conversation with him...
6) Terrific
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"Terrific," says Eugene when he wins an all-expenses-paid cruise to Bermuda. "I'll probably get a really nasty sunburn." But Eugene's luck is much worse than that. His ship sinks, and he ends up stranded on a tiny island.
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Maeve Chambers doesn't have much going for her. Not only does she feel like the sole idiot in a family of geniuses, she managed to drive away her best friend Lily a year ago. But when she finds a pack of dusty old tarot cards at school, and begins to give scarily accurate readings to the girls in her class, she realizes she's found her gift at last. Things are looking up - until she discovers a strange card in the deck that definitely shouldn't be...
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Farmer Skint and his family on Woebegone Farm have fallen on hard times, but their luck changes with the arrival of a special golden goose. Farmer Skint and his family have fallen on hard times at Woebegone Farm until their goose lays a golden egg. With the birth of Joy the Golden Goose, the fortune of the Skint family begins to change. But what will happen when people find out about their golden-feathered friend? How long can they keep Joy a secret?...
10) The lucky list
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Rising high school senior Emily felt lucky until her mother's death, but now, with childhood friend Blake, she sets out to accomplish every exciting, scary, and intimidating task on her mother's bucket list.
11) Fool's paradise
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A satirical comedy about a down-on-his-luck publicist who discovers a recently released mental health patient who looks just like a misbehaving movie star. The publicist subs him into a film, creating a new star. But fame and fortune are not all they are cracked up to be.
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Ghost of a chance? Fortune is thrilled when Ben Harrison, her former CIA partner, and his fiancée, Cassidy, decide to leave DC and move to the Louisiana bayous. They've already secured jobs and are only lacking a place to live, so everyone is excited when they quickly find a home. There's only one problem--the house has a reputation. It's haunted. Fortune doesn't believe in ghosts, but when Cassidy starts seeing a woman in white inside her house...
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Caitlin would stay at summer camp forever if she could. Her new best friends in the world, Hannah, Mia, and Libby are there. And at home? Every thing's different: Her dad is worried he might be losing his job; her mom is repainting the whole house and making the kids volunteer at a soup kitchen; and Caitlin is starting sixth grade at a new school, where none of the girls are as fun or friendly as her Cabin 7 BFFs. But Caitlin has a good-luck charm...
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"Vanessa Yu never wanted to see people's fortunes - or misfortunes - in tea leaves. Ever since she can remember, Vanessa has been able to see people's fortunes at the bottoms of their teacups. To avoid blurting out fortunes, she converts to coffee, but somehow the fortunes escape and find a way to complicate her life and the lives of those around her. To add to this plight, her romantic life is so nonexistent that her parents enlist the services of...
16) Lucky me
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"Bruno's friend Sanjay has his own room and a pet iguana. Bruno's brother, Mateo, who is visually impaired, has a dog named Rocco who helps him get around . . . and is a fantastic storyteller. Bruno doesn't have a pet, and he has to share his room with Mateo, but he still feels like the luckiest of all to have such a great brother and amazing friend"--Provided by publisher.
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When she's not hanging out at her family's sweets shop, Libby loves walking her dog around London. She always meets the most interesting people like Ethan, who's her age and also has a dog. They become fast friends, until Libby finds out his family are the new owners of a competing store! Libby tries to keep her parents' business a secret, because she really likes Ethan and wants to be his friend. But the secrets start adding up. Libby needs the charm...
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Pobre Greg! Definitivamente, está atravesando por una mala racha. Su mejor amigo, Rowley Jefferson, no le hace caso desde que tiene novia. La cosa está tan mal que hasta Manny, su hermano pequeño, tiene más amigos que él... Sin embargo, Greg no piensa rendirse y está dispuesto a todo con tal de convertirse, de una vez por todas, en el chico más popular del colegio. ¿Cambiará su suerte o su vida ésta destinada a ser el drama de un fracasado?
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Working in the shop of the dimension witch Yuko, Kimihira Watanuki has yet to see a mundane moment. The good, evil and just plain weird all seem to have an unwavering attraction toward Watanuki, though the feeling is not mutual. These daily troubles can vary from crushes by pretty house spirits like the Zashiki-Warashi to cursed grudges, mysterious evils, and man-eating nightmares. Luckily, Watanuki has begrudgingly found an unlikely ally in his rival...
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