fortune

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If not for the calico cat

2007
In Japan, the ship the Jade Lotus takes a calico cat aboard for good luck, but the crew still runs into all kinds of trouble.

Care Bears

lucky day
2003
Good Luck Bear helps the Care Bears find the silver linings in their cloudy day.

As easy as falling off the face of the Earth

2012
A teenage boy encounters one comedic calamity after another when his train strands him in the middle of nowhere, and everything comes down to luck.

Heartbreak bronco

2004
When a horse named Jinx arrives at River Bend everyone except Samantha believes that he brings bad luck.

Who has the lucky-duck in class 4-B?

1984
Nine-year-old Victoria's lost lucky charm comes eventually into the hands of six of her fourth-grade classmates, making wishes come true for the deserving, but withholding its power for others.
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Diary of a wimpy kid

hard luck
2013
"Greg Heffley's on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over to chance. Will a roll of the dice turn things around, or is Greg's life destined to be just another hard-luck story?"--Provided by publisher.

Touch blue

2010
When the state of Maine threatens to shut down their island's one-room schoolhouse because of dwindling enrollment, eleven-year-old Tess, a strong believer in luck, and her family take in a trumpet-playing foster child, to increase the school's population.

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