Meet Mo LoBeau- natural-born detective.
Sheila Turnage grew up on a farm in eastern North Carolina. A graduate of East Carolina University, she authored two nonfiction books and one picture book before she started writing about Mo LoBeau and Dale. Three Times Lucky is a Newbery Honor book, a New York Times bestseller, an Edgar Award Finalist, an E. B. White Read-Aloud Honor book, and was included on seven Best Book of the Year lists. The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing, the follow-up to Three Times Lucky, has so far garnered five starred reviews. Today Sheila lives on a farm with her husband, a smart dog, a dozen chickens, and a flock of guineas.
A Newbery Honor Book
An ALA Notable Book
A Best Book of the Year:
Newsday, Wall Street Journal, James Patterson's Read Kiddo Read
List, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews,
Bookpage
An Edgar Award Nominee
An E.B. White Read-Aloud Honor book
A SIBA young adult award winner
A YALSA Teens’ Top Ten Nominee
A Booklist Top 10 Crime Fiction for Youth
Multiple State Award Lists
Four starred reviews
Praise for Three Times Lucky
* “A wickedly awesome tale…Mo LoBeau is destined to become a
standout character in children’s fiction.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred
review
"An irresistible Southern narrator—a literary descendant of Scout
Finch of To Kill a Mockingbird."—Top 12 Children's books of
2012, Newsday
* “Turnage’s lively novel features a distinctive voice and a
community of idiosyncratic characters.”—Booklist, starred
review
* "Here is a writer who has never met a metaphor or simile she
couldn't put to good use."—Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Spunky and hilarious, eleven-year-old Mo LoBeau is one of my
newest favorite heroines. Three Times Lucky will make everyone want
to ride his or her own hurricane all the way to Tupelo Landing,
just to join the fun.”—Ingrid Law, Newbery Honor-winning author of
Savvy
"A dandy mystery...Humor sweetens the mix, making Tupelo Landing a
pleasant place to stay for a spell."—Horn Book
"Mo's deadpan colloquial narration is robust and often
humorous...Mystery lovers and fans of titles like Di Camillo's
Because of Winn-Dixie or Klise's Grounded will definitely want
to set a spell with Mo."—Bulletin of the Center for Children's
Books
"The heroine of Sheila Turnage's Three Times Lucky is so plucky
that young readers may wish she lived next door."—Wall Street
Journal
"This book will leave readers hoping for more books about Mo and
her gang."—School Library Journal
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