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Lucky (Avery Sisters Trilogy #1)
by
Rachel Vail
It's all good . . . and lucky Phoebe Avery plans to celebrate by throwing an end-of-the-year bash with her four closest friends. Everything will be perfect--from the guest list to the fashion photographer to the engraved invitations. The only thing left to do is find the perfect dress . . . until Phoebe goes from having it all to hiding all she's lost.
Phoebe's older sister...more
Phoebe's older sister...more
Hardcover, 233 pages
Published
April 29th 2008
by HarperCollins
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Phoebe, the youngest of the Avery sisters, is graduating from middle school. Her life seems perfect. She and her four best friends will be having the party of the year, she has an eye on the perfect dress, and the promise of high school's new beginnings. But when Phoebe's mom starts acting weird, and her friends start alienating her, the perfect conclusion to her eighth-grade year is at stake.
Can Phoebe pull it together and do what's right,...more
Phoebe, the youngest of the Avery sisters, is graduating from middle school. Her life seems perfect. She and her four best friends will be having the party of the year, she has an eye on the perfect dress, and the promise of high school's new beginnings. But when Phoebe's mom starts acting weird, and her friends start alienating her, the perfect conclusion to her eighth-grade year is at stake.
Can Phoebe pull it together and do what's right,...more
Phoebe Avery is about to graduate from middle school, and she couldn’t be more thrilled. But it’s mostly the graduation party that she’s excited about, because it’s a chance to be with her best friends having fun in a fabulous dress. But something goes wrong. It turns out that Phoebe’s mother has lost her job. Now the family is in a financial crisis. Phoebe can no longer afford to pay her share for the party.
She’s too embarrassed to tell her friends her economic situation. Even though she’s been...more
She’s too embarrassed to tell her friends her economic situation. Even though she’s been...more
Lucky is the first book in a trilogy about the Avery sisters. Phoebe Avery is the youngest one of the sisters and all her life, she has been considered “lucky”. Pretty, popular, and rich, Phoebe and her best friend Kirstyn and her three other close friends are the social center of their grade. Then, Phoebe`s family has a financial catastrophe and Phoebe realizes she needs to figure out who she is.
One thing I have to commend Rachel Vail on is that she knows how to write teenage characters. All of...more
One thing I have to commend Rachel Vail on is that she knows how to write teenage characters. All of...more
Lucky has been on my wish list for a while now and when I saw it in the library the other day I almost fainted with joy. I started reading it as soon as I could and finished it in about 3 or 4 hours. This was a weird book to read, I really enjoyed it but at the same time I didn't, if that makes sense. :p The ending really tied up my feelings though which I'm happy and relieved about!
When I started Lucky, I was extremely excited, yet I'm sad to say it disappointed me a bit...in the beginning. Th...more
When I started Lucky, I was extremely excited, yet I'm sad to say it disappointed me a bit...in the beginning. Th...more
I convinced myself I wouldn't like this book, I kept telling myself I was only reading it as a light fluff-read since I couldn't concentrate with this headache I've had all day. Oh Dread I've been awful grumpy, but about halfway into this book I started to get more and more into it (not saying its slow at the beginning, I was just brat-tastic and stubborn when I started reading it). The book is part one of a trilogy, each novel is in the eyes of one of three sisters during a major turning point...more
I dunno but for some reason I had expected more from this book, mostly judging by the cover and its inside flap summary
The true colours of this book I think showed only at the very end. It only took me maximum 2hrs to read this book because I just read quickly and basiclly flipped page after page after page in the beginning and middle, but when I came to the end I was like 'Wow. Although the beginning and middle may not be good the end was...WOW'
The story isn't actually at all bad, it's just...I...more
The true colours of this book I think showed only at the very end. It only took me maximum 2hrs to read this book because I just read quickly and basiclly flipped page after page after page in the beginning and middle, but when I came to the end I was like 'Wow. Although the beginning and middle may not be good the end was...WOW'
The story isn't actually at all bad, it's just...I...more
This book is about when this girl, Phoebe has a family meltdown. Her mom just got let go and is out of work. Phoebe is just graduating from middle school and her friends and her decide to throw a big graduating party. It has to be the best to keep up with the girl’s reputation. It is really hard for Phoebe to put in her money deposit, but when she lies and denies many truths to her friends, she makes it all worse.
I can make a text to world connection. The connection is that right now is a littl...more
I can make a text to world connection. The connection is that right now is a littl...more
It's amazing how different characters of the same age can be - Phoebe is 14, the same age as Rose from the last book I read, Confessions of an Angry Girl, but whereas that book was most definitely YA, this one felt much more like an older children's book... maybe that's what people mean by "middle grade"? Phoebe was just a *lot* younger, although perhaps if the book had been centred around her friends Kirstyn or Gabrielle it might have read a little older. Maybe it was also the fact that Rose wa...more
Characters:
Initially, I was turned off by the book's characters. Phoebe seemed to be very shallow, I didn't empathize with her situation. Then toward the middle of the book I began to like her and root for her. In the end, Vail succeeded in drawing her reader into the main character. Phoebe became likable and thought provoking as she grew in understanding of her own situation.
Phoebe's best friend, Kaitlyn, on the other had wasn't a character I thought fit with the story. Her character's descr...more
Initially, I was turned off by the book's characters. Phoebe seemed to be very shallow, I didn't empathize with her situation. Then toward the middle of the book I began to like her and root for her. In the end, Vail succeeded in drawing her reader into the main character. Phoebe became likable and thought provoking as she grew in understanding of her own situation.
Phoebe's best friend, Kaitlyn, on the other had wasn't a character I thought fit with the story. Her character's descr...more
I have always found Rachel Vail's books to be better than the average chick lit.This book, about a mother who loses her job and causes the immature Phoebe to resist her new "poor" status (she can't afford a Neiman Marcus dress or an elaborate graduation party.) Also, as is common in 8th grade, friends are growing apart.
I didn't like this as much as other Rachel Vail books, but its still a strong middle school read, especially in this tough economy.
I didn't like this as much as other Rachel Vail books, but its still a strong middle school read, especially in this tough economy.
Lucky
The book I read was “Lucky” by Rachel Vail. Lucky was very interesting to me because it included lots of drama of three sisters, and one of them falling in love. I was amazed by how every detail I read in the book I could imagine in my head of what was going in the book. In the book it shows that the author of this book was trying to let the readers know that someone not so “popular” could turn out to be really lucky and have all the luck. I disliked how it had some bad words in them but...more
The book I read was “Lucky” by Rachel Vail. Lucky was very interesting to me because it included lots of drama of three sisters, and one of them falling in love. I was amazed by how every detail I read in the book I could imagine in my head of what was going in the book. In the book it shows that the author of this book was trying to let the readers know that someone not so “popular” could turn out to be really lucky and have all the luck. I disliked how it had some bad words in them but...more
I thought this book was alright but it seemed very cliche. It was about this girl named Phoebe and she was a very lucky girl; she always got what she wanted and lived a very luxurious life. But when her mom actually loses her job because of a bad investment she had made; it seems as if Phoebe's luck was starting to run out. Her "best friend" and her ended up getting in a fight and Phoebe starts to realize how serious it is that her mother has lost her job and not to mention how is she going to p...more
I was reading this book, along with many others, on a roadtrip. I have to say that I found myself looking out at the desert sunrise more often than looking at the pages in the book. This book did not hold my attention at all. I thought that the plot was based on something that I could connect with, but that it was written in a way that made me want to slap some sense into the characters, and not in a good way. The main plot of the story is that a rich girl's mother loses her job, and the girl ge...more
I thought this book is interesting. The main character of the story is named Phoebe. Phoebe is a 8th grader who is attending middle school. In this story, it first describes Phoebe's life as a teenager. In the beginning of the book, Phoebe's mother loses her job and is unable to pay for her 8th grade graduation and Green Vera Wang dress for prom. In the end, she discovers that friends, family is the most lucky thing she can have in the world. Without her four best friends, her sisters, mother, a...more
Girls will appreciate this story of a youngest sister whose 8th grade graduation plans are interrupted when her mother loses her Wall St. job. Humorous dialog and young romance make this very entertaining.
this book is about a girl named Phoebe who is graduating middle school. so Phoebe and her friends try to throw a big party in celebration of them graduating. so when they know the expenses they all have to pitch in. the only problem is that Phoebes family is having money problems.
i could make a text to world connection. there were so many people getting laid off and many people were on budgets and couldnt spend as much money as they coculd have before.
i gave this book 3 out of 5 stars because i...more
i could make a text to world connection. there were so many people getting laid off and many people were on budgets and couldnt spend as much money as they coculd have before.
i gave this book 3 out of 5 stars because i...more
This is a book with absolutely no climax and she just complains the whole book about how she is not going to get her dress and how her graduation is "ruined"
What do you do when everyone has always thought you were the "lucky" one, but things change? Especially if you're one of the middle school alpha girls? Lucky is a great read and Phoebe, the main character learns a lot about her friends and herself as she tries to navigate the tricky waters of middle school friendships. I had a little difficulty relating to a 14 year old girl who thinks her biggest problem is not getting the $450 dress she wants for a party and having her friends find out she's "...more
Apr 23, 2012
Avery
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"Lucky" by Rachel Vail, is a very slow-paced book. It is about a girl with two sisters and and her parents that live a pretty lucky life! Phobe's (main character) best friend is a Kristyn who lives a not-so-lucky life. Phobe is also friends with 3 others girls, and together they are a happy clique! When they decide to plan a graduation party, they plan it to be perfect! But then when Phobes family's check "bumps" they cant afford it! THey must figure out a plan to save the party! This book isnt...more
I absoulutely love this book. I saw it at Border's one day, and the cover looked cool and I read the plot...the plot looked good. I got it from the library, and since it was summer and it was raining, I sat down in my window seat and opened the windows--only because it wasn't raining in--and sat down and read the book in 2 hours that morning. I couldn't put it down. I kept wanting to know what was going to happen next. The characters...everything...kept me there. This is a book that teenage girl...more
Lucky is a great book, about a girl who has it all, riches, and rich friends, but when her mom loses her job, life takes an unexpected turn. Her and her friends decide to throw a summer party, to celebrate that they are graduating middle school, and their long term friendship. She finds the perfect dress, perfect invitations, and everything is just perfect. Then she finds out slowly, that the party is to celebrate their riches, and not them. So what will happen to their friendship, and their par...more
Entertaining, light, eye candy about middle school poor little rich girl drama-Phoebe's mom loses her investment job so she can't participate in an overblown eighth grade graduation party.(Sort of interesting that the mom is the high powered money maker and the Dad is a kindergarten teacher.) The best friend's situation is pretty obnoxious-rich, bratty, spoiled, condescending, etc. but we are supposed to see her in a new light by the end of the book (if we squint I guess). I can't even believe I...more
The book Lucky is about an 8th grade girl named Phoebe who always has good luck. She and her friends are planning an 8th grade graduation party at her house. But when Phoebe going dress shopping with her mom, her dad cancels the party. She's not so sure she can keep up a lucky image. The pacing of this book is pretty enjoyable. At the beginning, it sort of dragged a little, but it was still interesting to read that part. The story is narrated by 1st person, which makes it more easier to understa...more
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Apr 28, 2010
Eliza fuller
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I am at the part when pheobe is in the locker room after track and she had just almost fainted an thrown up, but she keeps telling her friends she is ok but shes not. This is a really good book so far but i am kind of confused bout the part when her mom comes home earlly and is acting wierd. Plus i think her friend, and even her are acting like brats cause Pheobe thinks she is soooo lucky, and she was really scared that she was pour, and her friend was acting like it would be the worst thing in...more
This book is the first in the Trilogy about the Avery sisters. I originally read Gorgeous first, which I loved. So anyway this focuses on the youngest sister; Phoebe. The whole plot is that Phoebe and her friends are planning a Graduation Party for middle school graduation. But Phoebe's mother loses her job and they're not able to pay for it. It's about the affect this has on Phoebe and her social life.
This book was slow moving. That was my biggest concern. There were times I got fed up with it...more
This book was slow moving. That was my biggest concern. There were times I got fed up with it...more
Although marketed as YA, this book has the tone and cadence of a middle-grade novel. The main character is in eighth-grade. Phoebe Avery has led a charmed life: good looks, good grades, she's friends with the popular set, and her parents make a "comfortable" living that includes designer clothes, their own maid and trips to Europe. She's in the midst of planning a major bash to celebrate her eighth-grade graduation when everything starts crashing down around her ears. Her mother loses her high-p...more
Nov 14, 2010
Payton
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This is also one of the best books i have EVER read. It is the first of the trilogy and I just cant wait to finish the last one. (also on the list) :) Ijust love some parts of the story where i feel the same way. the trilogy includes three books (duh) and each one is writen at the same time by different sisters. The books go from youngest to oldest. these include lucky, gorgous, and brilliant. I looked all over for other books also by this author and found the last book (brilliant) just the othe...more
Phoebe's got a life good enough that people are always telling her how lucky she is. When things go bad for her mom at work, that lucky life, including an ideal middle school graduation party, gets put in jeopardy. Also-Luke, former boyfriend, starts hanging around.
I went back and forth with this one. It's a story about someone upset about not getting an insanely expensive middle school graduation party and a dress. The practical side of me tells me to tell her to get over it and if that's all t...more
I went back and forth with this one. It's a story about someone upset about not getting an insanely expensive middle school graduation party and a dress. The practical side of me tells me to tell her to get over it and if that's all t...more
Phoebe Avery has the perfect life. Everyone thinks so, and Phoebe knows it’s true. She lives in a big, beautiful house with her parents and two big sisters, and she is one fifth of the coolest group of girls in school. Her best friend Kirstyn, the most popular girl in school, lives right nearby. And she and her friends are in the middle of planning the biggest, best 8th grade graduation party ever.
And then her mother—her beautiful, perfect mother—loses her job, and everything is turned sideways....more
And then her mother—her beautiful, perfect mother—loses her job, and everything is turned sideways....more
The first book of a trilogy starring the three Avery sisters, Lucky is Phoebe's story. Phoebe is lucky. She is rich, pretty, popular and has great friends. As the end of middle school looms, she and her 4 closest friends are wrapped up in planning the biggest and best party their classmates have ever seen. Everything is over the top, and all that's missing is the perfect dress. Everything changes when she comes home to find her mother waiting with terrible news - she's lost her job. As the young...more
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I was born on July 25, 1966, in NEW YORK CITY, and grew up in New Rochelle, NY, with my mother, my father, and my younger brother Jon. (And down the street from my future husband, though of course I didn't know that until much later.)
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Some details, I do know-I was very into reading and theater, so I read every book I could get my hands on (especially realistic fiction, either contempo...more
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I was born on July 25, 1966, in NEW YORK CITY, and grew up in New Rochelle, NY, with my mother, my father, and my younger brother Jon. (And down the street from my future husband, though of course I didn't know that until much later.)
Interests
Some details, I do know-I was very into reading and theater, so I read every book I could get my hands on (especially realistic fiction, either contempo...more
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