Aimee Lucido

Penny Posner is an expert on good luck. Every single day, she wears her lucky bracelet on her wrist, her lucky socks on her feet, and Ferdinand, her lucky frog keychain, on her belt loop. Today is extra important because she needs all the luck she can gather to be chosen to blow the shofar at the school Rosh Hashanah picnic. But then Penny makes a terrible mistake. She picks up a penny that is facing down. Her best friend Mara warns her that a face down penny brings bad luck, and suddenly everything starts going completely wrong. Penny tries everything she can think of to reverse the curse and change her luck, but every attempt only makes the disasters worse. Now Penny is running out of time. She has to figure out how to fix her mistakes before the big picnic arrives. Most importantly, she needs to save her friendship with Mara and realize that maybe we do not need charms to find good luck. Sometimes, we just have to make our own fresh start for the new year.

The doorbell is ringing, and family is arriving for a very special pasta night. There is just one tiny problem. Everyone wants a completely different type of pasta for dinner! Nonna Ana from Catania will only eat lasagna. Nonno Titi from Tahiti insists on having his spaghettini. Zio Tony wants ravioli, Zia Trini must have rotini, and the cousins are begging for tortellini. The kitchen is quickly turning into a wild, wonderful mess of noodles, sauce, and shouting relatives. With so many picky guests making their own special demands, the family dinner is spinning wildly out of control. You will laugh out loud as the kitchen gets more and more chaotic. Find out if everyone can come together to make this hilarious family pasta night go off without a hitch.