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5) Lucky socks
Author
Publisher
Phyllis Fogelman Books
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Knowing that terrible things happen to him when he does not wear his lucky yellow socks, Kevin despairs when he cannot find them, but then he is surprised by what happens.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Hattie grew up in Brooklyn, so her family's move to a small town in Massachusetts required a lot of adjustments, but by the time sixth-grade starts she has several new friends--but when she somehow invokes the harvest festival jinx, suddenly none of her new friends even recognize her, and she must find a way to break the spell." --
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In Fortune Falls, where superstitions are real, and all children must pass regular "luck tests" to see if they are worthy, ill-fortuned Sadie has always been deemed as unlucky, and shunted aside for her luckier younger brother--but when she finds an unusually intelligent black cat named Jinx, her fortunes begin to change for the better.
9) Lucky enough
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Thirteen-year-old Trey, sure his lucky charm got him onto the Ravens thirteen-year-old travel baseball team, becomes increasingly superstitious and, when he loses the charm, he loses confidence, as well." --Provided by Publisher.
10) Forbidden sea
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
When a mermaid attempts to lure her into the sea, fourteen-year-old Adrianne, who lives in a superstitious island community, must choose between the promise of an underwater paradise and those she loves.
11) Burden Falls
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When someone close to Ava Thorn is brutally murdered and Ava becomes the primary suspect, she starts to wonder if ghostly legends surrounding her town might be more fact than fiction"--
13) Zip it!
Author
Series
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
When Pine City Porcupines' batboy Chad breaks an important unofficial rule of baseball: Do not talk to the starting pitcher when he has a perfect game going, the team may lose the game unless Chad can find a baseball card to help break the superstition.
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When Esther's family moves to a farm during the Great Depression, she soon learns that there are things much more important than that her superstitious mother rarely shows her any affection.
16) Lucky Luis
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Luis is convinced that he will not perform well on the baseball field without following his unique pre-game ritual.
Author
Series
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
After the Midsummer War ends, Meg Morgan faces a madman in the battle for control of the last bastion of fairies in England, aided by her siblings Rowan, Silly, and James, and American neighbors Dickie Rhys, and Finn Fachan.
19) The Banshee
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
When Terry wakes up in the middle of the night to horrible screeching, he thinks the Banshee has come to pay his family a visit.
20) Bird
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Jewel was born on the day her brother Bird died and lives in a house of silence and secrets, but a new boy in her Iowa town may help find the answers Jewel wants despite her Jamaican grandfather's warning that he is a "duppy," a malevolent spirit.
