![]() ![]() SP: Two examples: Leah, an 8-year-old from the Midwest, wrote to me that she loved the story and especially that Lucky was adopted, just as Leah herself was adopted. NCAC : What have been the responses you’ve received about the book from children who have read it? I want them to see that, in all of this, love is key. I hope they will identify with Lucky’s courage. So I hope readers will discover something about bravery and facing difficult challenges. She tries to figure out the way the world works by eavesdropping at 12 step programs, listening to the stories of how people struggle and survive. Lucky needs information and some kind of spiritual guidance because she’s growing up. Susan Patron : The community of Hard Pan is populated by eccentric, poor, and more or less uneducated people, most of them recovering from some addiction, and they are trying to become better human beings. What do you hope children take away from your book as a whole? NCAC : Most of the recent media attention for The Higher Power of Lucky has focused on a single word on the book’s opening page: scrotum. Simon & Schuster interview with Susan Patron ![]() We asked her about the controversy over The Higher Power of Lucky, and librarians’ role in defending the First Amendment: Susan Patron is the Juvenile Materials Collection Manager at the Los Angeles Public Library and the author of five other books for children. ![]()
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