"The Barnes family is in trouble. Dickie's once-lucrative car business is going under--but rather than face the music, he's spending his days in the woods, building an apocalypse-proof bunker with a renegade handyman. His wife Imelda is selling off her jewelry on eBay, while their teenage daughter Cass, formerly top of her class, seems determined to binge-drink her way through her final exams. And twelve-year-old PJ is putting the final touches to...

Compared to the problems of some of the creatures the old man describes, the boy is really quite lucky.

"Ever wonder why we...knock on wood, blow out candles on a cake, or cross our fingers for good luck? Discover superstitions old and new from around the world, learn about how they started, and which ones are still popular."-- Page 4 of cover.

Third-grader Nancy tries her hand at fortune-telling but quickly learns it is a bit more complicated than she thought.

Is there really such thing as a lucky charm? The hero of Nicholas Sparks's new novel believes he's found one in the form of a photograph of a smiling woman he's never met, but who he comes to believe holds the key to his destiny. The chain of events that leads to him possessing the photograph and finding the woman pictured in it is the stuff of love stories.

After his fortune cooken is stolen by the school bully, Ben tries to get his fortune back by taking his case to the Kid Court.

"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.

""You like it darker? Fine, so do I," writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life--both metaphorical and literal. King has, for half a century, been a master of the form, and these stories, about fate, mortality, luck, and the folds in reality where anything can happen, are as rich and riveting as his novels, both weighty in theme and a huge pleasure to read. King...

When the long-ago fortune tellers they created in third grade start popping up in the most unexpected places during the summer before seventh grade, three former best friends - Millie, Nora and Bea - see this as a sign to finally reconnect and reunite.

Plagued by ill fortune, especially when her estranged sister comes home, 12-year-old Alia decides to discover the truth when rumors start circulating about a horrifying creature spotted flying in the night sky.