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Three Times Lucky is a 2012 New York Times Best Seller adolescent novel by author Sheila Turnage. Three Times Lucky was a Newbery Medal Honor Book in 2013.

Three Times Lucky is the story of Miss Moses “Mo” LoBeau, a sixth grader living in a Tupelo Landing, North Carolina. Eleven years ago she was washed ashore during a hurricane and saved by the Colonel. He and Miss Lana have been raising Mo together and all operate a cafe, along with Mo’s best friend Dale. Although the Colonel and Miss Lana are not married, they do share deep love and trust for each other. Since then, Mo has been writing her autobiography and sending numerous letters down the river, hoping her “Upstream Mother” would get a hold of them and tell her why she let her go. The Colonel is also one of the town’s other mysteries. He lost his memory in a car accident during the night of the hurricane. Detective Starr is the newest stranger to Tupelo Landing. He isn’t welcomed and many of the townspeople are very skeptical about him, especially the Colonel.

But Tupelo Landing’s biggest mystery shocks the town when Mr. Jesse, a frequent cafe patron is found murdered- in the same boat that Dale returned. Dale and the Colonel quickly become suspects. Dale and Mo decide to solve the murder. They go to the crime scene and spy on two of Detective Starr’s deputies, Marla and Ben. Mo discovers the murder weapon- a wooden oar that belonged to Mr. Jesse's boat.

A few days after Mr. Jesse’s funeral, Mo comes home to find her house destroyed and Miss Lana missing. A note is found addressed to Detective Starr and suggests that Mr. Jesse’s murderer has kidnapped Miss Lana and the Colonel. Starr learns that Mr. Jesse's murderer is Robert Slate, a bank robber who recently escaped prison. He asks for $500,000 that was never recovered from the old bank robbery eleven years ago. They also learn that Mr. Jesse was involved in that old bank robbery and kept the $500,000 for himself.

Mo gets a call from the Colonel saying he escaped from Slate. Dale and Mo go to the Colonel's house to find a packet. Mo takes a quick peek and sees that it contains old newspaper clippings. Before they have a chance to leave, Slate enters the house and the two hide under Miss Lana's bed. They head toward the living room and run into Marla, the deputy, who points a gun at them. The kids tie her up and run away to Dale's house. They find Dale's drunk and angry father, Mr. Macon, physically assaulting his mother. As Dale threats his father with a rifle, the Colonel barges through the door. They tie up Mr. Macon. He tells them that Miss Lana is being held at Mr. Jesse's house. Mo and Dale break into the house, kick Slate into the space under the floorboards and trap him. When the Colonel returns, they tie Slate up. Detective Starr appears at the door and safely has Miss Lana.

Once the investigation is complete, Detective Starr presents a newspaper clipping that upsets and also brings some comfort to the Colonel about who he was before the car accident. It shows that he was a defense lawyer at Slate's trial, and he hates lawyers. They find a metal box under the floor that contains the remainder of the bank robbery money. Slate and Marla are arrested and the town gets back to its normal routine.

shoppinglily 发表于 2014-11-24 08:28:22

谢谢分享！！

叮叮当铃 发表于 2015-4-13 13:47:52

唉，115礼包收不了。
楼主：可以上传百度云吗？

biyibi 发表于 2016-11-10 10:07:47

有百度云的，谢谢分享！

cecilia89 发表于 2017-11-21 15:49:08

居然是音频。。。。看错了

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