A Whole Lot of Lucky (26 page)

11. Mansion

12. Butler

13. Horse

14. Yacht

15. Indoor pool

16. Home movie theater

17.
Nanny

18. Limo

19. Credit card

20. A movie about a girl who wins the lottery and I star in it

21. Convert attic to a huge bedroom like Emily's and call it Hailee's Kingdom

22. Books, but I can put them on my credit card

23. Trampoline

24. Private jet

25. Tree house in backyard and Libby's
not allowed
in it

26. Chef

27. Cool sunglasses like Nikki's

28. Fancy water fountain in the front yard

29. New furniture and decorations for the whole house (no naked lady statues; make sure Mom knows)

30. Bodyguard

31. Disco ball

32. One of those beds that has a slide built onto it, probably bunk beds so Amanda doesn't have to sleep on the floor when she spends the night

33. Snow machine for in the winter

34. Make the president change Halley's Comet to Hailee's Comet

35. A telescope so I can see Hailee's Comet

36. Dog—cute, not too big

37. Maid (who also has to pick up the dog poop)

I am thankful to God for the gifts he gives and the ability to use and enjoy them.

Thank you to my group of young contributors who helped brainstorm ideas for Hailee's “List of Things I Need” and for their thoughts on the life of a sixth grader: Brooke Haworth, Zachary Haworth, Matthew Haworth, Allie Furnari, Caroline Furnari, Jack Bennett, and Alexandra Eugster. Also, thank you to Benton Wood, the most colorful and dynamic Little League coach I've seen since my own father commanded the dugout.

Ted Malawer, as always, and special thanks to Michelle Carr and Steve Haworth for reading the manuscript with great care and thought and giving me honest feedback.

I like to give my editor her own paragraph because I want her to know how much I appreciate her talent.
Stacy Cantor Abrams helps me write a better book. I am grateful to work with Stacy and all the people at Walker Books.

And I'm especially grateful to you—the reader—because here I am typing this and there you are reading this, and without you, none of us would be here.

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Copyright © 2012 by Danette Haworth
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First published in the United States of America in September 2012
by Walker Publishing Company, Inc., a division of Bloomsbury Publishing, Inc.
Electronic edition published in September 2012
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Haworth, Danette.
A whole lot of lucky / Danette Haworth.
p.     cm.
Summary: When twelve-year-old Hailee's family wins the lottery, her life changes in
unexpected—and not always good—ways.
[1. Best friends—Fiction. 2. Friendship—Fiction. 3. Moving, Household—Fiction.
4. Middle schools—Fiction. 5. Schools—Fiction. 6. Lotteries—Fiction. 7. Family
life—Florida—Fiction. 8. Florida—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.H31365Who 2012          [Fic]—dc23               2011052331

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ISBN 978-0-80272-393-2 (e-book)