Moses is a very good student and was adopted as a baby, during a hurricane. She sends a bunch of letters and floats them downstream to try and find her birthmother. Then she and her friend Dale start investigating a murder and then go on a crazy adventure.
Three Times Lucky (Mo & Dale Mysteries)
By Sheila Turnage
Book 1 of 4 in the
Tupelo Landing Series
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 2 - 8 | W | 3.9 | 62217 |
Newbery honor winner, New York Times bestseller, Edgar Award Finalist, and E.B. White Read-Aloud Honor book.
A hilarious Southern debut with the kind of characters you meet once in a lifetime
Rising sixth grader Miss Moses LoBeau lives in the small town of Tupelo Landing, NC, where everyone's business is fair game and no secret is sacred. She washed ashore in a hurricane eleven years ago, and she's been making waves ever since. Although Mo hopes someday to find her "upstream mother," she's found a home with the Colonel--a café owner with a forgotten past of his own--and Miss Lana, the fabulous café hostess. She will protect those she loves with every bit of her strong will and tough attitude. So when a lawman comes to town asking about a murder, Mo and her best friend, Dale Earnhardt Johnson III, set out to uncover the truth in hopes of saving the only family Mo has ever known.
Full of wisdom, humor, and grit, this timeless yarn will melt the heart of even the sternest Yankee.
A hilarious Southern debut with the kind of characters you meet once in a lifetime
Rising sixth grader Miss Moses LoBeau lives in the small town of Tupelo Landing, NC, where everyone's business is fair game and no secret is sacred. She washed ashore in a hurricane eleven years ago, and she's been making waves ever since. Although Mo hopes someday to find her "upstream mother," she's found a home with the Colonel--a café owner with a forgotten past of his own--and Miss Lana, the fabulous café hostess. She will protect those she loves with every bit of her strong will and tough attitude. So when a lawman comes to town asking about a murder, Mo and her best friend, Dale Earnhardt Johnson III, set out to uncover the truth in hopes of saving the only family Mo has ever known.
Full of wisdom, humor, and grit, this timeless yarn will melt the heart of even the sternest Yankee.
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN-13: 9780142426050
ISBN-10: 0142426059
Published on 12/31/2013
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
Book Reviews (235)
Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage is about an eleven year old named Mo who investigates a murder in her town with her best friend. What makes this book special is that alongside the murder, at the same time Mo is trying to figure out her own life, specifically, to find her mother.
Its great it will keep you reading all night
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Three times lucky is a fascinating Book about a girl who gets lost in a hurricane and has lost her only hope her mother but a little later after the storm she finds Another"Mother" And she helps her through the journey of course she was very little when it happened to see if she survives or if she even finds her mother read and uncover the mysteries of Tupelo landing.
can you please tell me 5 difficult words in three times lucky
If you are looking for a good book, Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage is the book for you. It is a great realistic fiction novel, as well as a Rebecca Caudill Nominee with a lot to offer for those who like mystery. And if you are looking for a personal opinion I really enjoyed it. To give a brief summary about the book (without giving too much away) Here is some of the key information. The book takes place in a small town of 148 people in North Carolina. Tupelo Landing. Our main protagonist in the story is an orphaned 11 year old girl named Mo, who was adopted by Colonel and Miss Lana. But then on one extraordinary day a friend of Mo’s named Mr. Jesse is murdered. This is where the main problem begins. That day a crime investigator then mysteriously comes to Tupelo by the name of Detective Joe Starr. But Mo and her friend Dale are to suspicious about Starr and take matters into their own hands by using all their possible resources. Later in the story a few major events occur giving the story's characters development as well some more answers about the murder. A few of these are the kidnapping of Miss Lana or hurricane Amy. But giving a pieces of nonspecific information can easily spoil parts of the book and possibly the ending, so to find out the rest you must read the book for yourself. To end the summary I obviously must say what people would be interested in this. If you are into deep mysteries with suspenseful moments and of course an over all enjoyable read this is the book for you.
This book is awesome if you don't read it you are CRAZY!!!!!:)
took long time but it was worth it
5 star ratings for me this is great
This is a really great book with a unique flavor to it. It had many creative and wonderful characters in it such as, Mo whose life seems full of mysteries, and Dale, her best friend, who has a few of his own problems as well.