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Full House: Michelle #4
Lucky, Lucky Day
An Instant Winner?"I guess I'm stuck being third-grade dweeb with the dirty old mitt!"
Michelle opens the mail and can't believe her eyes! There's a letter for her -- and it says she's won tons and tons of money!
What luck! Now she can buy a new baseball mitt. The only problem is, Michelle buys a lot more than that -- with money that she borrows.
When two weeks pass, and there's still no sign of her prize in the mail, Michelle knows she's introuble. Big trouble!
Michelle opens the mail and can't believe her eyes! There's a letter for her -- and it says she's won tons and tons of money!
What luck! Now she can buy a new baseball mitt. The only problem is, Michelle buys a lot more than that -- with money that she borrows.
When two weeks pass, and there's still no sign of her prize in the mail, Michelle knows she's introuble. Big trouble!
- GenresChildrensTvChapter Books
91 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1995
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October 14, 2007
I loved this book!!!!I counted how many times I have read it and I counted five its not that long and keeps you interested every time.
July 23, 2019
This was absolutely adorable!
November 16, 2022
Obviously some elements of this are super predictable because it's a family sitcom, but it's disappointing that the ending is obvious from the start.
August 7, 2025
It was cute. You can totally hear the characters from the show.
December 18, 2024
Now, I’ve read Lucky, Lucky Day (Full House: Michelle, #4) more than once, and I must say, I’ve found plenty of good and positive things to say about it.
For one thing, the main protagonist, Michelle Tanner, shows she does make mistakes, but she learns her lessons in the end — as we all do in life, eventually. Plus, she learns that luck comes and goes, and that luck is all a matter of perspective — something that depends on how you look at it, to be precise.
Also, Michelle learns two important lessons the hard way — letting people go on believing something you know isn’t true is the same as telling a lie, and a real friendship can’t be bought. It just doesn’t work that way.
Of course, over the course of the book, Michelle feels so bad about what she had done; she decides she can’t take Stephanie’s advice and tell their dad. Instead, she tells herself she’ll run away from home. So, she packs an overnight bag, only to stop at the top of the stairs when she hears what her family is saying about her. Soon, Joey makes an appearance and asks Michelle what she is doing there, and why she has all that stuff — which she’s unable to answer. Finally, she plucks up the courage to tell her family; at one point, Stephanie sticks up for Michelle, saying, “It’s not all Michelle’s fault. It’s really the fault of that stupid prize company. They shouldn’t have sent a confusing prize letter to a little kid.”
Then, Danny tells Michelle her first mistake was thinking she had won the prize, as that could have happened to anyone. However, he adds, she also made another mistake. Wondering what that mistake was, Michelle thinks real hard and remembers the angry face of Robin Grant, a fourth-grader, before wondering why she spent so much money on her. Robin, it turns out, doesn’t really want to know Michelle as a person; she and her friends only paid attention to Michelle because Michelle spent money on them. Michelle then recalls Mandy, Cassie and how they were real friends (along with how Cassie and Mandy tried to help her earn money, and offered to return their mitts right away).
Michelle then asks if her second mistake was trying to buy friends, and Danny tells her she’s right. At one point, Danny remarks, “I’m a little surprised that Robin thinks it’s okay to let people buy her friendship” and asks Michelle if she wants him to call Robin’s mother. Michelle tells him no, and Danny tells her that he saw her trying to earn all that money back on her own as very responsible of her.
There is a great “sister, sister” moment near the end of the book where Michelle and Stephanie are working on washing their dad’s car, and Michelle tells Stephanie that she learned Cassie and Mandy are great friends, and that Robin and Laurie weren’t worth trying to impress, too.
Finally, after Stephanie leaves, Danny comes along and tells Michelle that the car looks great, and Michelle thanks him. When he asks her why she wanted a new baseball mitt, she explains that one of the fourth-grade girls she was telling him about said it “looked ratty” and that made her feel bad. Danny admits, “I see. Well, I suppose I shouldn’t expect you to like all the same things I do” and offers to make the new baseball mitt his treat to Michelle.
Of course, Michelle admits she does like the old baseball mitt after all, and tells Danny why — it’s part of a family tradition, “and this is one great family”.
Finally, I highly recommend it to anyone who’s a fan of the Full House books, the TV show Full House or both. And I give it five stars (although ten stars would be even better). 🏠🦅🏫
For one thing, the main protagonist, Michelle Tanner, shows she does make mistakes, but she learns her lessons in the end — as we all do in life, eventually. Plus, she learns that luck comes and goes, and that luck is all a matter of perspective — something that depends on how you look at it, to be precise.
Also, Michelle learns two important lessons the hard way — letting people go on believing something you know isn’t true is the same as telling a lie, and a real friendship can’t be bought. It just doesn’t work that way.
Of course, over the course of the book, Michelle feels so bad about what she had done; she decides she can’t take Stephanie’s advice and tell their dad. Instead, she tells herself she’ll run away from home. So, she packs an overnight bag, only to stop at the top of the stairs when she hears what her family is saying about her. Soon, Joey makes an appearance and asks Michelle what she is doing there, and why she has all that stuff — which she’s unable to answer. Finally, she plucks up the courage to tell her family; at one point, Stephanie sticks up for Michelle, saying, “It’s not all Michelle’s fault. It’s really the fault of that stupid prize company. They shouldn’t have sent a confusing prize letter to a little kid.”
Then, Danny tells Michelle her first mistake was thinking she had won the prize, as that could have happened to anyone. However, he adds, she also made another mistake. Wondering what that mistake was, Michelle thinks real hard and remembers the angry face of Robin Grant, a fourth-grader, before wondering why she spent so much money on her. Robin, it turns out, doesn’t really want to know Michelle as a person; she and her friends only paid attention to Michelle because Michelle spent money on them. Michelle then recalls Mandy, Cassie and how they were real friends (along with how Cassie and Mandy tried to help her earn money, and offered to return their mitts right away).
Michelle then asks if her second mistake was trying to buy friends, and Danny tells her she’s right. At one point, Danny remarks, “I’m a little surprised that Robin thinks it’s okay to let people buy her friendship” and asks Michelle if she wants him to call Robin’s mother. Michelle tells him no, and Danny tells her that he saw her trying to earn all that money back on her own as very responsible of her.
There is a great “sister, sister” moment near the end of the book where Michelle and Stephanie are working on washing their dad’s car, and Michelle tells Stephanie that she learned Cassie and Mandy are great friends, and that Robin and Laurie weren’t worth trying to impress, too.
Finally, after Stephanie leaves, Danny comes along and tells Michelle that the car looks great, and Michelle thanks him. When he asks her why she wanted a new baseball mitt, she explains that one of the fourth-grade girls she was telling him about said it “looked ratty” and that made her feel bad. Danny admits, “I see. Well, I suppose I shouldn’t expect you to like all the same things I do” and offers to make the new baseball mitt his treat to Michelle.
Of course, Michelle admits she does like the old baseball mitt after all, and tells Danny why — it’s part of a family tradition, “and this is one great family”.
Finally, I highly recommend it to anyone who’s a fan of the Full House books, the TV show Full House or both. And I give it five stars (although ten stars would be even better). 🏠🦅🏫
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