Lucky Boy
| AUTHOR | Morfit, Cameron |
| PUBLISHER | Elevate Fiction (02/16/2016) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
Heartfelt and utterly original; a book about an unlikely alliance that should touch readers of all ages. - Kirkus Reviews
Lucky Boy is about a 13-year-old misfit, Max, whose glasses don't fit right; his pretty and popular 15-year-old sister, Sadie, who is on the verge of making some bad decisions; and their developmentally delayed little brother Gabe, whose inability or unwillingness to talk confounds even the experts.
The story begins with a small fire and the unannounced arrival of the Buras family's self-professed "black sheep," Dewey Tomlinson, who is some kind of cousin to their mother. Max invites "Uncle Dewey" to school for show and tell -- the man has a very cool tow truck, after all -- and they later become friends while making regular visits to the video poker sites in town, raking in the winnings.
Dewey, a beaten-down loner with a shady past, is what polite society might call a lost cause, but he begins to find himself in Boise. He insists Max, his second cousin twice removed, is a lucky boy, and his "good mojo" is making the machines pay out.
Against his better judgment, Max -- also a lost cause, popularity wise -- begins to believe it, too. He starts to think maybe he's fated to be something more than misfit Max with the misshapen head. Sadie, meanwhile, rethinks her rush to grow up. And when Max, Gabe and Dewey link hands on Halloween night, and Gabe suddenly begins to find his voice for the first time, Max starts to suspect larger forces at work.
Lucky Boy is a meditation on luck, alchemy, and life's unlimited capacity for surprise.
Heartfelt and utterly original; a book about an unlikely alliance that should touch readers of all ages. - Kirkus Reviews
Lucky Boy is about a 13-year-old misfit, Max, whose glasses don't fit right; his pretty and popular 15-year-old sister, Sadie, who is on the verge of making some bad decisions; and their developmentally delayed little brother Gabe, whose inability or unwillingness to talk confounds even the experts.
The story begins with a small fire and the unannounced arrival of the Buras family's self-professed "black sheep," Dewey Tomlinson, who is some kind of cousin to their mother. Max invites "Uncle Dewey" to school for show and tell -- the man has a very cool tow truck, after all -- and they later become friends while making regular visits to the video poker sites in town, raking in the winnings.
Dewey, a beaten-down loner with a shady past, is what polite society might call a lost cause, but he begins to find himself in Boise. He insists Max, his second cousin twice removed, is a lucky boy, and his "good mojo" is making the machines pay out.
Against his better judgment, Max -- also a lost cause, popularity wise -- begins to believe it, too. He starts to think maybe he's fated to be something more than misfit Max with the misshapen head. Sadie, meanwhile, rethinks her rush to grow up. And when Max, Gabe and Dewey link hands on Halloween night, and Gabe suddenly begins to find his voice for the first time, Max starts to suspect larger forces at work.
Lucky Boy is a meditation on luck, alchemy, and life's unlimited capacity for surprise.
After beginning his college career at UC Berkeley, Morfit graduated from the University of Colorado-Boulder in 1992 with a degree in journalism and an emphasis on broadcast production. He began his journalism career at a small weekly newspaper in Paulding County, Georgia; transitioned to a daily newspaper in Idaho Falls, Idaho; moved to New York to immerse himself in magazines; and now lives in Boise, Idaho, with his wife and 12-year-old daughter.