Lucky List (US)

ISBN: 9781665902472
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Publisher,Simon & Schuster Us
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Format, Paperback
Weight, 420 g
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Emily and her mom were always lucky. Every month they’d take her lucky quarter, select lucky card 505, and dominate the heatedly competitive bingo night in their small, quirky town of Huckabee. But Emily’s mom’s luck ran out three years ago when she succumbed to cancer, and nothing has felt right for Emily since.

Now, the summer before her senior year, things are getting worse. Not only has Emily wrecked things with her boyfriend Matt, who her mom adored, but her dad is selling the house she grew up in and giving her mom’s belongings away. Soon, she’ll have no connections left to Mom but that lucky quarter. And with her best friend away for the summer and her other friends taking her ex’s side, the only person she has to talk to about it is her dad’s best friend’s daughter, Blake, a girl she barely knows.

But that’s when Emily finds the list—her mom’s senior year summer bucket list—buried in a box in the back of her closet. When Blake suggests that Emily take it on as a challenge, the two set off on a journey to tick each box and help Emily face her fears before everything changes As they go further down the list, Emily finally begins to feel closer to mom again, but her bond with Blake starts to deepen, too, into something she wasn’t expecting. Suddenly Emily must face another fear: accepting the secret part of herself she never got a chance to share with the person who knew her best.

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Bren
Worth it

The story follows Emily (mc) along with Blake (li) on an adventure to complete a summer bucket list. Apart from the list filled with adventures, the story also deals with healing and coming to terms with the loss of Emily's mom. The author graced us with a slow built relationship between two characters and I ATE THAT SLOWBURN UP. The plot is nicely paced with great balance between light moments, serious subjects, and inspiring character growth/lessons. Since this is a YA romance, some cheesy moments are bound to happen and I am down for that. Overall, this book was a fun read.

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faizul
Lucky List (US)

The Lucky List had me laughing and crying, but ultimately left me full of hope in the end. It was the PERFECT! I hope the queer community keeps getting more stories like this one.

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Ikram Kausari
Everyone else go home, this book made me cry like a baby.

This book had a lot of great twists in it, nothing major, just things that were unexpected even from the synopsis. It also seemed very realistic for how a teenager would act with both their friends and their family, based on not only the major life changes Emily has gone through with losing her mother a few years ago, but also just even being unsure of her feelings and wants in a relationship. And also how to deal with the changing friendship that seems to happen when people grow up and their interests and thoughts change based on whatever. The small town aspect really was even a big factor for Emily, even if her own family and immediate friends wouldn’t be anything against the new thoughts she was having.

There were also a lot of cute parts that I really liked. The small town bingo nights. I especially liked the one at the very end, which culminated in a big to-do that had been kind of hinted at always being just on the brink of throughout its entire history. And it was definitely very emotional going through Emily’s mother list with her, and how she kind of learned more about who she was and what she wanted. Although it was definitely hard to not feel bad for Matt at certain parts. A great story, one I look forward to sharing with my students next school year!

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Sitinursharina aminah binti saludin
Amazing book

This was such sweet read. Emily and Blake are cute I really liked setting in small town.