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Orca Books
Just the Series: Orca Currents   

Series and Publisher: Orca Currents   

Annotation: When Claire starts to experience success she'd never dreamed possible, she worries that a magical event is the cause.
 
Reviews: 1
Catalog Number: #4612413
Format: Paperback
Special Formats: High Low High Low
Common Core/STEAM: Common Core Common Core
Publisher: Orca Books
Copyright Date: 2009
Edition Date: 2009 Release Date: 10/01/09
Pages: 100 pages
ISBN: 1-554-69211-3
ISBN 13: 978-1-554-69211-8
Dewey: Fic
LCCN: 2009929367
Dimensions: 18 cm.
Language: English
Reviews:
Horn Book

Claire's life changes when she finds a colorful umbrella in the trash: her depressed mom suddenly gets off the couch, her romantic rival lapses into a coma, and her crush notices her. Of course, Claire learns to "be careful what you wish for." The message is tired, and the easy-to-read but stilted text, meant for reluctant readers, neglects character complexity.

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Horn Book
Word Count: 14,942
Reading Level: 4.0
Interest Level: 5-9
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 4.0 / points: 2.0 / quiz: 133964 / grade: Middle Grades
Reading Counts!: reading level:4.3 / points:6.0 / quiz:Q48285
Lexile: HL590L
Mes mains se mettent à trembler, tout mon corps vibre. Et mon cœur bat à grands coups. J'ai l'impression d'avoir frôlé la mort!


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Claire's life is a mess. She's failing math, her depressed mother won't get off the couch, Eric, the boy of her dreams, is dating her nemesis Lucy. While Claire is wishing her life were better, lightning strikes. Soon afterward, everything changes. With Lucy in the hospital and out of the way, Claire attracts Eric's attention and gets the starring role in the school play. But good fortune has a cost: her newly energized mother reconciles with her deadbeat dad, the dream boy turns out to be a dud and Claire feels terrible guilt about gaining everything Lucy has lost. But how can Claire turn it around when lightning only strikes once?

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