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Susan Patron specialized in Children's Services for 35 years at the Los Angeles Public Library before retiring in 2007, the same year her novel The Higher Power of Lucky was awarded the John Newbery Medal. As the library's Juvenile Materials Collection Development Manager, she trained and mentored children's librarians in 72 branches. Patron has served on many book award committees, including the Caldecott and Laura Ingalls Wilder Committees of the American Library Association. She is currently a member of the Advisory Board of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Patron's previous books for children include the Billy Que trilogy of picture books;... Read full bio

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Meet Susan Patron
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The Higher Power of Lucky has won an award
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The Higher Power of Lucky has won an award
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The Higher Power of Lucky has won an award
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The Higher Power of Lucky has won an award
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Yahoo! News Australia, January 19, 2010
...Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices From a Medieval Village, by Laura Amy Schlitz) or for having inappropriate content (Susan Patron's The Higher Power of Lucky).This year's winners were considered leading contenders.Stead's book, the adventures of a...
Hamilton Spectator, January 19, 2010
...Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices From a Medieval Village,' by Laura Amy Schlitz) or for having inappropriate content (Susan Patron's 'The Higher Power of Lucky'). This year's winners were considered leading contenders. Stead's book, the adventures of a...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 19, 2010
...Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices From a Medieval Village," by Laura Amy Schlitz) or for having inappropriate content (Susan Patron's "The Higher Power of Lucky"). Pinkney, from his home in Croton-On-Hudson, N.Y., said he had long been moved by the fable...
Macleans Online, January 18, 2010
...Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices From a Medieval Village," by Laura Amy Schlitz) or for having inappropriate content (Susan Patron's "The Higher Power of Lucky"). This year's winners were considered leading contenders. Stead's book, the adventures of a...
Kelowna Daily Courier, January 18, 2010
...Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices From a Medieval Village,' by Laura Amy Schlitz) or for having inappropriate content (Susan Patron’s 'The Higher Power of Lucky'). This year’s winners were considered leading contenders. Stead’s book, the...
MSNBC, January 18, 2010
...Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices From a Medieval Village,” by Laura Amy Schlitz) or for having inappropriate content (Susan Patron’s “The Higher Power of Lucky”). This year’s winners were considered leading contenders. Stead’s book, the...
Macleans Online, January 18, 2010
...Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices From a Medieval Village," by Laura Amy Schlitz) or for having inappropriate content (Susan Patron's "The Higher Power of Lucky"). This year's winners were considered leading contenders. Stead's book, the adventures of a...
Star-Telegram, January 18, 2010
...Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices From a Medieval Village,' by Laura Amy Schlitz) or for having inappropriate content (Susan Patron's 'The Higher Power of Lucky'). This year's winners were considered leading contenders. Stead's book, the adventures of a...
Los Angeles Times, December 30, 2009
...In the : STEVE LOPEZ A storyteller's craft, honed at bath time As a child, L.A. author Susan Patron would weave bath-time stories for her little sister. (Myung J. Chun / ) As a child, Newbery Medal-winning author Susan Patron entertained her little...
San Jose Mercury News, December 8, 2009
...endearing characters abound, and the story moves swiftly with humor, suspense, surprise and refreshing idealism. 'Lucky Breaks' by Susan Patron (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $16.99, ages 8-12.) In the sequel to Newbery Award winner 'The Higher Power...
San Jose Mercury News, December 7, 2009
...endearing characters abound, and the story moves swiftly with humor, suspense, surprise and refreshing idealism. 'Lucky Breaks' by Susan Patron (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $16.99, ages 8-12.) In the sequel to Newbery Award winner 'The Higher Power...
Baltimore Sun, October 12, 2009
..."I don't think it's possible to overestimate Sendak's influence on the 20th century," says Susan Patron, the Los Angeles-based author of "Lucky Breaks" and a retired children's librarian. "And not only in the field of children's literature but in the...
Los Angeles Times, October 10, 2009
..."I don't think it's possible to overestimate Sendak's influence on the 20th century," says Susan Patron, the Los Angeles-based author of "Lucky Breaks" and a retired children's librarian. "And not only in the field of children's literature but in the...
Souderton Independent, September 14, 2009
...good stories indeed. Most notably, Phelan illustrated the 2007 Newbery Medal winner, ?The Higher Power of Lucky,? by Susan Patron. Following his success in illustrating others? stories, Phelan wanted to bring his own narrative interpretation to the...
Springfield Sun, September 10, 2009
...good stories indeed. Most notably, Phelan illustrated the 2007 Newbery Medal winner, ?The Higher Power of Lucky,? by Susan Patron. Following his success in illustrating others? stories, Phelan wanted to bring his own narrative interpretation to the...
Erie Times-News, September 6, 2009
...plan to use his classmates' unique skills to recover their confiscated items from Miss Breakbone's house. - Susan Patron won the 2007 Newbery Medal for "The Higher Power of Lucky," a funny, touching and ultimately inspiring book about an orphan named...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 1, 2009
...fun. Roberts' illustrations are pitch-perfect, further teasing out the book's natural humor. (Ages 7-10.) ? When author Susan Patron won the 2007 Newbery Medal for 'The Higher Power of Lucky,' the book was immediately engulfed in controversy because...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 1, 2009
...fun. Roberts' illustrations are pitch-perfect, further teasing out the book's natural humor. (Ages 7-10.) ? When author Susan Patron won the 2007 Newbery Medal for 'The Higher Power of Lucky,' the book was immediately engulfed in controversy because...
The Daily Camera, August 9, 2009
...winners (i.e. 'Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!' by Laura Amy Schlitz and 'The Higher Power of Lucky' by Susan Patron) weren't good choices because they appealed to few children. Others argue, however, that spotlighting unusual books is an important role for...
KansasCity.com, August 2, 2009
...scene at the end is an encouraging nod to kids who believe in themselves. Lucky Breaks, written by Susan Patron with illustrations by Matt Phelan (ages 9-12; Atheneum Books for Young Readers; $16.99). At least Newbery Award-winning author Patron waits...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 30, 2009
...winners (e.g. 'Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!' by Laura Amy Schlitz and 'The Higher Power of Lucky' by Susan Patron) weren't good choices because they appealed to few children. Others argue, however, that spotlighting unusual books is an important role for...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 29, 2009
...winners (e.g. 'Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!' by Laura Amy Schlitz and 'The Higher Power of Lucky' by Susan Patron) weren't good choices because they appealed to few children. Others argue, however, that spotlighting unusual books is an important role for...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 29, 2009
...winners (e.g. 'Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!' by Laura Amy Schlitz and 'The Higher Power of Lucky' by Susan Patron) weren't good choices because they appealed to few children. Others argue, however, that spotlighting unusual books is an important role for...
The Daily Camera, July 26, 2009
...winners (i.e. 'Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!' by Laura Amy Schlitz and 'The Higher Power of Lucky' by Susan Patron) weren't good choices because they appealed to few children. Others argue, however, that spotlighting unusual books is an important role for...
TheStar.com.my, July 2, 2009
...States and together they embark on a cosmic journey to save Earth from imminent destruction. Lucky Breaks Author: Susan Patron Illustrator: Matt Phelan Publisher: Ginee Seo Books, 192 pages LUCKY is 11 and ready for excitement and adventure. But her...
Chicago Tribune, March 14, 2009
...By Susan Patron Atheneum $16.99 Ages 8-12 Nothing much has changed in Hard Pan, Calif., at least since Patron's earlier book, 'The Higher Power of Lucky,' won the Newbery Medal...
Helena Independent, March 11, 2009
...in the contest have been Bridge To Terabithia by Katherine Paterson and The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron. The Battle of the Books was first organized in 2004 by Candice Morris, the Lewis and Clark youth service librarian. This years contest is...
Becky's Book Reviews, January 3, 2010
...S. and the Great Escape . Zilpha Keatley Snyder. Simon & Schuster. 214 pages. (MG Historical Fiction) Lucky Breaks . Susan Patron. 2009. Simon & Schuster. 180 pages. (MG Realistic Fiction) The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg . Rodman...
Young Readers, December 30, 2009
...Penguin. 136 pages. Faith, Hope, and Ivy June . Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. 2009. Random House. 280 pages. Lucky Breaks . Susan Patron. 2009. Simon & Schuster. 180 pages. Gone From These Woods . Donny Bailey Seagraves. Random House. 178 pages. William...
Becky's Book Reviews, December 24, 2009
...I *need* to review this weekend--William S. and The Great Escape by Zilpha Keatley Synder, Lucky Breaks by Susan Patron, and The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick. (Yes, I know I said four . I am over halfway finished with...
Becky's Book Reviews, December 20, 2009
...P. Figg. Rodman Philbrick. 2009. Scholastic. 224 pages. The Gift. Cecelia Ahern. 2009. HarperCollins. 304 pages. Lucky Breaks. Susan Patron. 2009. Simon & Schuster. 180 pages. Gone From These Woods. Donny Bailey Seagraves. Random House. 178 pages....
LA Observed, November 27, 2009
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Barrie Summy, November 2, 2009
...Today, we're at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel (circa 1927) where I dragged Famous Author and Newbery Winner Susan Patron and Mary Hayward, Employee Extraordinaire of the Yellow Book Road (the children's indie bookstore near me in San Diego). Susan and...
Shelf Talk, October 13, 2009
...it all in this funny, sensitive story. Try this if you liked The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron.  ~ Linda, Central   Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life , by Rachel Renee Russell J RUSSELL Nikki Maxwell is starting at a new...
Shelf Elf: read, write, rave., October 5, 2009
...link) An article on why Banned Books Week is still needed in the U.S. As it happens, Susan Patron wrote a fantastic article called “Shock Treatment,” in Horn Book Magazine this month (the theme of the issue being “Trouble”). She discusses the...
Susan Taylor Brown, September 24, 2009
...2007, a poem about censorship that she wrote because of the kerfuffle caused by a certain word that Susan patron included in her book THE HIGHER POWER OF LUCKY. At Political Verses, Elaine has another original-- "Dirty Dancing with the Stars: A Poem...
Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog, August 12, 2009
...also wandered over to the new MG and children's literature revolving rack, and ended up checking out Susan Patron's Lucky Breaks , the sequel to The Higher Power of Lucky . Ultimately, I think I ended up being affected a bit more by the first novel, but...
Cindy's Love Of Books, August 8, 2009
...you bought it. This week I only bought two books as you can see below: -Lucky Breaks by Susan Patron. ( I have started to read The higher power of lucky and I am enjoying it.) -Julie and Julia by Julie Powell. (I bought this book because Barney's Blog...
Cindy's Love Of Books, August 2, 2009
...see her blog for this review. Obama's Blackberry by Kasper Hauser The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron These were from Linda Ellen. From Tina I got: -For Keeps by Natasha Friend (There is no picture for this one because it only comes out in April...
ACPL Mock Newbery, June 10, 2009
..."Eleven, Lucky thought from her seat at the back of the school bus, eleven, eleven, eleven, and the idea of it, the sound of it, threw off sparks in her head." The abstract is hidden because it may contain spoilers. If you would like to read the full...
J. Kaye's Book Blog, April 25, 2009
...of THE PROBLEM WITH THE PUDDLES by Kate Feiffer is Kristi . • The winner of LUCKY BREAKS by Susan Patron is carolsnotebook . • The winner of SORROW John Lawson is Trin . • The winner of RAINY DAY RESCUE by Inda Schaenen is olympianlady...
nomadreader, April 21, 2009
...I absolutely loved The Higher Power of Lucky and found it remarkably engaging. Patron did an incredible job of seeing the world through the eyes of a ten-year-old, being true to Lucky's view of the world as our narrator, but still allows readers to have...
Mother Daughter Book Club Blog, April 20, 2009
...Dog – Grace Lin Rules – Cynthia Lord Gossamer – Lois Lowry The Higher Power of Lucky – Susan Patron To Dance –  Siena Cherson Siegel Intermediate Division The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: A Fable - John Boyne Half-Moon Investigations...
J. Kaye's Book Blog, April 4, 2009
...& the comment box won't do? Send an Email Book Review & ARC Giveaway: LUCKY BREAKS by Susan Patron http://j-kaye-book-blog.blogspot.com/2009/03/book-review-arc-giveaway-lucky-breaks.html...
Charleston Collegiate School Blog, March 11, 2009
...English manor (compare with The Canterbury Tales ). In 2007 the committee chose The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron, in which the main character is a ten-year-old girl who eavesdrops on an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting and adapts the phrase...
In the Weird, March 10, 2009
...but see signs that things are changing. But change never comes in the form that we expect. Author Susan Patron has created a very real character, full of the conflicting wonder, anger, and hope that marks the beginning of a child's transformation into...
Becky's Book Reviews, February 24, 2009
...the whole book, so I can at least some sense of it. I just finished Lucky Breaks, by Susan Patron, and Black Boy, by Richard Wright, which was assigned to my 15 year old. I can find something brilliant in every book I read. I adored Home of the...