Lucky Luna is a sweet book about family, friends, and trying to get along. Written by award-winning author Diana Lopez, the story incorporates Mexican culture and folklore into a modern-day middle school setting. Luna is a feisty and fun character who often struggles with the personalities of her large extended family. Readers will relate to Luna’s feelings as she tries to navigate friendships, family relationships, and her classmates’ teasing. Lucky Luna cleverly incorporates Spanish vocabulary throughout the text. Each chapter title is a Spanish word with the English meaning in bold, somewhere in the text on that page. Lopez sets a good pace throughout the novel, with the story told from Luna’s point-of-view. Lucky Luna also shines with several great messages regarding love, kindness and loyalty. Highly recommend!
Review of Advance Reader Copy
This book was sent to Compass Book Ratings for review by Scholastic
Content Analysis:
Profanity/Language: Character mentions a song lyrics that includes a scatological word displayed with asterisks.
Violence/Gore: A character causes mischief when she locks someone in a bathroom; mention of zombie apocalypses.
Sex/Nudity: A character recalls seeing two teenagers kissing.
Mature Subject Matter:
Bullying, teasing, stress and coping mechanisms, gossip, poliosis (white streaks in hair), brief mention of gambling, brief mention of bathroom humor, family relationships, misunderstandings.
Alcohol / Drug Use:
None
