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Unlucky Harold, a character whose everyday life feels cursed with the unlucky number 13, concludes the story with a sudden shift in his luck, offering a hopeful turn in this juvenile fiction about fortune and chance.
First publish date: 1981
Genre: Children's Fiction/Picture Books
Authors: Steven Kroll
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