With a Little Luck
Published on 13. February 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-0-571-38656-7 (ISBN)
Description
'Wonderful, witty, and as sweet as spun sugar.' Kirkus
'[A] breezy and fun romantic comedy.' Publishers Weekly
From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Marissa Meyer - after being magically gifted with incredible luck, a boy discovers this gift just may be a curse when it comes to love.
Jude is determined to fly under the radar. He just wants to draw his comics, host regular D&D nights with his friends, work at his parents' vinyl record store, and escape high school as unscathed as possible. That is, until the night he comes across a mysterious twenty-sided dice and finds himself inexplicably gifted with a bout of supernatural good luck.
Suddenly, everything Jude has ever wanted is within reach. His first art submission is accepted to his favourite fanzine. He helps his friend's song become a finalist in a songwriting competition. And he's the 100th caller to a local radio contest, winning him a pair of coveted concert tickets, which he uses to ask out the popular girl he's been crushing on. For a few blissful weeks, he feels invincible.
But when he loses the magic dice at a local music festival, his luck takes a turn for the worse. He struggles to reclaim his good fortune while fighting off long-buried feelings for his best friend - who is definitely not the girl he's supposed to be in love with. Can Jude risk stepping into the spotlight long enough to win the true girl of his dreams? Or is he doomed to be unlucky in love forever?
'[A] breezy and fun romantic comedy.' Publishers Weekly
From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Marissa Meyer - after being magically gifted with incredible luck, a boy discovers this gift just may be a curse when it comes to love.
Jude is determined to fly under the radar. He just wants to draw his comics, host regular D&D nights with his friends, work at his parents' vinyl record store, and escape high school as unscathed as possible. That is, until the night he comes across a mysterious twenty-sided dice and finds himself inexplicably gifted with a bout of supernatural good luck.
Suddenly, everything Jude has ever wanted is within reach. His first art submission is accepted to his favourite fanzine. He helps his friend's song become a finalist in a songwriting competition. And he's the 100th caller to a local radio contest, winning him a pair of coveted concert tickets, which he uses to ask out the popular girl he's been crushing on. For a few blissful weeks, he feels invincible.
But when he loses the magic dice at a local music festival, his luck takes a turn for the worse. He struggles to reclaim his good fortune while fighting off long-buried feelings for his best friend - who is definitely not the girl he's supposed to be in love with. Can Jude risk stepping into the spotlight long enough to win the true girl of his dreams? Or is he doomed to be unlucky in love forever?
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Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Young adult
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-571-38656-7 (9780571386567)
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Persons
Marissa Meyer is the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of the Renegades Trilogy, The Lunar Chronicles series, the Wires and Nerve graphic novels, and The Lunar Chronicles Coloring Book. Her first standalone novel, Heartless, was also a #1 New York Times bestseller. Marissa created and hosts a podcast called The Happy Writer. She lives in Tacoma, Washington, with her husband and their two daughters.
Chuck Gonzales is a Brooklyn-based illustrator. He has illustrated many books for children, and created works for animated projects for Nickelodeon and ESPN.
Chuck Gonzales is a Brooklyn-based illustrator. He has illustrated many books for children, and created works for animated projects for Nickelodeon and ESPN.