Three Times Lucky
Ratings10
Average rating4.1
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Ratings10
Average rating4.1
Washed ashore as a baby in tiny Tupelo Landing, North Carolina, Mo LoBeau, now eleven, and her best friend Dale turn detective when the amnesiac Colonel, owner of a café and co-parent of Mo with his cook, Miss Lana, seems implicated in a murder.
Series
4 primary booksMo & Dale Mysteries is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 2012 with contributions by Sheila Turnage.
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This is a fun middle grade mystery. I enjoyed following Mo and Dale around as they solved a crime and saved the day. A few times, there were frightening moments for Mo and Dale, and they had to handle stuff that many middle grade kids will not (operating a store, protecting people from abuse, etc.)
Along the way, Mo discovers that she might be adopted, but she doesn't need to search for her parents because she already has a home.
Setting: well done - I could feel small town North Carolina
Characters: varied & dimensional, children and adults
POV character: young, female, adopted
Topics: adoption, alcoholism, domestic abuse, robbery, murder, amnesia, economic inequality
Tone: strong, adventurous, curious
I love these kids! They are cool with being very much themselves. And the adults encourage them to be themselves as well. They all are facing hard things, but they don't run away from them. And there is a mystery!
