Thing About Luck

''Kouun is "good luck" in Japanese, and one year my family had none of it.''

Just when Summer thinks nothing else can possibly go wrong, an emergency whisks her parents away to Japan, right before harvest season. But the mortgage has to be paid, and so Summer''s grandparents are going to help with harvest instead - taking Summer, her little brother Jaz and their dog Thunder with them.

Obaachan and...