"In the midst of the tall wild grass, almost lost in a tangle of weeds and deep-green vines, was a little stone house. It looked sadly neglected and tumbledown:

Eleven-year-old Lucky is worried that the nomadic life he and his father share will come to an end in Provo, Utah, when his father begins seeing a woman with a

Even though he is only a sixth grader, Lucky Ladd persists in finding a way to help the people in a small Washington town that has been devastated by a flood.