![]() It’s everything that happens to you.Visit Janice Erlbaum's website. ![]() Emma notices how the bad luck of crying onstage led to the good luck of getting the part she wanted, and she starts seeing more of these connections in her life, until she eventually realizes the secret behind the mystery: Luck is not a thing that happens to you. The whole book is about luck – what it is, how it works, and how you can have more of it in your life. But her breakdown impresses the playwright, and Emma lands the lead role. The mystery note doesn’t seem to be working at first – here on page 69, she has to audition for the spring play while reeling from her best friend’s betrayal, and she breaks down crying on stage. “That was incredible,” she said.My new book, Lucky Little Things, is about a 13-year-old New Yorker named Emma who’s recently had a streak of bad things happen in her life, when she receives a mysterious note telling her that she’s going to have good luck for the next month. Twelve-year-old Gladys Burke may not have many friends, but at least she has her empire. I wasn’t sure if it was a good stare or a bad stare. A Bank Street Best Childrens Book of 2020 Janice Erlbaums Let Me Fix That for You is a quirky, touching, and laugh-out-loud middle-grade novel about a girl capable of fixing everything but her own life. I knew the mocking noises would start up again any second. Other people were waiting for their turn. ![]() I wanted to get off the stage, out of the lights. Janice Erlbaum is the author of two books for tweens, Lucky Little Things, and Let Me Fix That For You (coming in 2019), the memoirs Girlbomb and Have You Found Her, and the novel for adults I, Liar.Įrlbaum applied the Test to Lucky Little Things and reported the following: From page 69: ![]()
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