The Thing About Luck / Cynthia Kadohata / 270 pages

I am so happy I read this book!  The Thing about Luck is the winner of the National Book Award for Children's Literature.  Hmmm, I thought, you should probably read that book.  Hey this time doing the "right thing" turned out to be an awesome thing.  Kadohata gives us a great story about Summer, a 12 year old girl discovering who she is, her Japanese grandparents who are a real hoot, her special needs brother Jaz, and the life of a "custom harvester."  The characters are very enjoyable...especially Summer and her grandmother.  The setting of the Texas and Oklahoma wheat fields and the work of the customer harvesters is informative.  Definite recommend!