Sadie’s town of Fortune Falls is as superstitious as can be, and students at age 13 are tested for their luck. The Luckies get to go to Flourish Academy, while the Unluckies are sent to Bane’s School for Luckless Adolescents. So after an unlucky streak, Sadie is a bit apprehensive of her upcoming 13^th birthday in this witty tale with a clever, satisfying twist at the end.