Lucky Stars

Today I'll be reviewing LUCKY STARS by Lucy Frank.

Before she goes to visit her father in New York City, Kira's grandmother warns her, "Make sure your baloney detectors are on. The baloney that spills out of that man could supply Boar's Head for a year." Kira's mother left him years ago, and she had to go live with her grandmother.

Kira meets Jake when she grudgingly goes with her father and little brothers to sing on the subway for money. He instantly falls in love with her singing, and wishes he could sing as good: but he has one problem-his stutter.

Kira moves in with her father and enrolls in the same school that Jake and his best friend Eugene attend. After a series of coincidences, they all become friends- but are Jake and Kira something more?

Ms. Hill, the chorus teacher, as good as recruits them for the chorus, saying, "The alto section could use more boys." At first, Eugene refuses (for both him and Jake, because of the latter's stutter), but when Jake realizes that by signing up for Chorus he could get out of his much-hated English class, he signs up. An added bonus, of course, is that Kira signs up as well...

Lucky Stars was a funny novel about the power of friendship. It was definitely a great story.