{"product_id":"lucky-stars-9781481429016","title":"Lucky Stars","description":"\u003cb\u003eOn stage is the last place on Earth Kira, Jake, or Eugene want to be.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"I'm not a human jukebox,\" Kira tells her dad, \"or a dancing doll, or a puppet, where you press a button and I'll entertain you!\" Yet since arriving in New York City, she's had to sing \"Amazing Grace\" and \"Me and Bobby McGee\" with him and her two little brothers, Chris and Charlie, for handouts on a subway platform. Singing like an angel. Wanting to stop singing forever. \u003cbr\u003e Jake sings, but only in his dreams. In real life he'll do anything to keep his mouth shut because of his stutter. \u003cbr\u003e Eugene's greatest dream is that the world will laugh with him and not at him. Eugene sings like a foghorn. \u003cbr\u003e Ms. Hill, the school's music teacher, has ambitions for them all. \u003cbr\u003e \"My alto section could use some boys,\" she tells Jake and Eugene after they've been thrown out of the lunchroom for a kimchi incident, and she spots them eyeing her poster: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eis there a singer inside you trying to get out? you know you want to sing. join the chorus!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Uh, I don't think that would be us,\" Eugene says. \"We're nonjoiners. Trust me. This works for everyone.\" \u003cbr\u003e Until Jake meets Kira.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atheneum Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/26\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781481429016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e89000 \/ Lucky Stars\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.3 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 8\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lucy Frank","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52491343462581,"sku":"9781481429016","price":12.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_055cb8f4-5ea2-4fca-b781-714e13d30f5b.jpg?v=1777995845","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/lucky-stars-9781481429016","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}