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Three Times Lucky

Author	Sheila Turnage
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	novel
Publisher	The Penguin Group
Publication date	2012
Media type	Print
Pages	312 pp
ISBN	9780142426050

Three Times Lucky is a 2013 New York Times Best Seller adolescent novel by author Sheila Turnage. Three Times Lucky was a Newbery Medal Honor Book in 2013.

Characters

• Miss Moses "Mo" LoBeau--An 11 year old girl who was abandoned during a hurricane eleven years ago. She helps run her adoptive parents' cafe while searching for her "Upstream Mother". She is best friends with Dale Earnhardt Johnson III. (No, not the real one)
• Mr. Dale Earnhardt Johnson III--Dale is Mo's best friend who "borrows" Mr. Jesse's boat; the same boat that he is found murdered in. He is also a suspect of Mr. Jesse's Murder.
• The Colonel--He found Mo floating down the river during a hurricane eleven years ago. He was also in a car accident the same night he found Mo and has lost his memory.
• Miss Lana--Mo's other guardian, and the Colonel's lover, who is kidnapped by Robert Slate.
• Mr. Jesse--The frequent cafe patron who is found murdered.
• Detective Joe Starr-- A lawman who comes into town to ask about a murder, but then ends up trying to solve Mr. Jesse's murder
• Robert Slate--The man who murdered Mr. Jesse and kidnapped the Colonel and Miss Lana.
• Miss Rose--Dale's mother, who is a role model to Mo LoBeau.
• Mr. Macon Johnson--Dale's alcoholic and abusive father. He is hired by Robert Slate to hide him and bring him food. You would think he'd have a bigger part, but That's Pretty much the summary of Macon Johnson.
• Marla Everette--One of Detective Starr's deputies, who turned out to be secretly be working with Robert Slate.
• Lavender--Dale's older brother who left his parents house to live on his own after fighting with his father. Mo has a huge crush on him and hopes to marry him someday. He also drives a race car and has won a lot of races and money at the community racetrack.
• Miss Retzel--Mo and Dale's teacher and Detective Joe Starr's girlfriend.
• Anna Celeste Simpson-- Mo's sworn enemy who can be found helpful to Mo and Dale at times.
• Skeeter McMillan-- A customer At the cafe, she's also a Lawyer in training, as well as one of Mo's Friends.
• Sally McMillan-- Skeeter's younger sister, She has a Huge crush on Dale, Although like Most crushes, Dale has no clue about this.

Sequels

Three Times Lucky started the series of books called the Mo and Dale Mysteries. The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing came out in 2015, The Odds of Getting Even in 2017 and The Law of Finders Keepers in 2018.