Welcome to Gold Star Days

“For me, it was a Gold Star day. I'd identified an enemy, and I'd made a life decision: I might come home tore up from fighting or late from being punished, but I'd never come home crying. So far, I ain't.” 
― Sheila Turnage, Three Times Lucky

As a middle grade media specialist, this is a space to record books I have read.  Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage was an amazing read.  Both adults and children will love it.

Here is my booktalk for Three Times Lucky:

You think your life is strange?  Wait til you meet Mo LeBeau.  She was found floating down a river during a hurricane when she was just a baby.  Now she lives with the Colonel and Miss Lana in the small town of Tupelo, North Carolina.  Life is anything but ordinary for Mo and her best friend Dale, between theme nights at the cafe, disappearing guardians and stolen boats, things are always happening in their small town.  But when there is a murder in Tupelo, no one is safe.  You will be glued to this book through homicides, car crashes, kidnapping and hurricanes!  Can Mo help solve the murder?  Is trouble too close to home?  Will she ever find her "upstream" mother?  Find out in Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage.