Fruit Flies, Fish & Fortune Cookies — Anne LeMieux

Who Believes in Fortune Cookies?

Eleven-year-old Mary Ellen isn't going to worry about bad luck just because of a fortune cookie warning. She's planning to be a scientist, just like her mother, and doesn't believe in silly superstition. Even when she breaks a mirror and her friend Justine reminds her that it could mean seven years of bad luck, Mary Ellen isn't convinced. But getting sprayed with a skunk? Causing a disaster in science class? Having your best friend move far away? Mary Ellen's beginning to wonder...