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When the state threatens to shut down the one‑room schoolhouse on a quiet Maine island, eleven‑year‑old Tess champions her belief in luck. To help keep the school alive, she and her family invite a trumpet‑playing foster child into their home, turning a simple act of kindness into a mission to safeguard their community’s education and spirit.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Cynthia Lord
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