The Higher Power of Lucky, by: Susan Patron

     Currently I am ready The Higher Power of Lucky, by: Susan Patron. It is a very good book, about a girl, (Lucky) who doesn't live with her actual parents, Brigitte is only her guardian. Brigitte is originally from france, and Lucky is almost positive that Brigitte is moving back, Lucky love her life is Hard Pan, and doesn't want to move, so she decides to run away, with her dog.

     I feel bad for Lucky, because she is sort of like a mother to Brigitte, and what she really wants is a mother. On page 14, Lucky lists all the good and bad qualities of a mother, one of the good ones is " Remember that your child needs you to take care of her, at least until she is older, about 25." I think 25 is a little bit old for your mother to still be taking care of you, but Lucky is only 10, and she is already pretty much taking care of herself, so I think it is totally reasonable for her to want a person to be there for her.

     One example of Lucky acting more as a mother than Brigitte is in the chapter called snake. In this chapter, there is a snake in their dryer, and instead of Brigitte being a good guardian, and calming Lucky down, she starts to freak out, and asks Lucky to do something about it. Lucky ends up solving the problem, which I think is wrong, I think that the adult should not make a 10 year old deal with something like that.
     Another way that Lucky acts more as a mother than Brigitte is that Lucky is way more mature than Brigitte. Lucky is very interested in science, and she does lots of experiments with bugs, but Brigitte is scared of bugs, and when ever she comes home to see bugs she freaks out. Bugs scare me a lot also, but considering Brigitte is a grown women, and she is more scared of bugs than a kid, if I was Brigitte, instead of yelling, I would calmly ask Lucky to take her experiment outside.
     In conclusion, Lucky acts more as a mother than Brigitte. Even though life with Brigitte is all Lucky has ever known, she still somehow knows that their are better parents in the world. I wish Brigitte realize how good of a kid Lucky is, because even though Brigitte is not a great parent, Lucky is still really nice to her, Brigitte sort of takes advantage of that.
-Olive Forgash