The Lucky Day (Seashell Key #3): A Chapter Book
By (Author) Lourdes Heuer
Illustrated by Lynnor Bontigao
Abrams
Amulet Books
26th June 2025
31st July 2025
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: City and town life
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories
FIC
Hardback
80
Width 152mm, Height 210mm
The Lucky Day is the third book from author Lourdes Heuer and award-winning illustrator Lynnor Bontigaos popular young chapter-book seriesperfect for fans of Princess in Black and Mercy Watsonabout a diverse community of kids living in a beautiful seaside town
Its the last day of school before spring break, but theres still so much to do! Mateo is on a mission to catch a leprechaun, and Sasha and Sophia cant wait to work on their school garden.
Elena just wants to read about dinosaurs, but when she finds a secret map in her textbook, shell need all her friends to help her find the treasure of Seashell Keyand make a treasure map of their own!
Filled with a vibrant cast and lots of spring fun, this is a great addition to an exciting new chapter book series.
The Seashell Key series
Seashell Key (#1)
The Monster Storm (#2)
The Lucky Day (#3)
"In both style and length, the writing is consistently child-friendly, with key narrative details conveyed in the energetic artwork...Sure to have young readers smiling." * Kirkus Reviews *
Lourdes Heuer holds an MFA in writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and is an associate professor of English at Broward College in South Florida. She is the author of several books, including On This Airplane and Esmes Birthday Conga Line. Heuer grew up in a city apartment above a little toy shop before moving to South Florida, where she spent many of her summers making sandcastles on the shore of the Cape Florida Lighthouse of Key Biscayne. Lynnor Bontigao is an illustrator based in New Jersey. She is a recipient of the SCBWI Tomie dePaola Award. Bontigao is the author-illustrator of Sari-Sari Summers and the illustrator of The Worlds Best Class Plant by Audrey Vernick and Liz Garton Scanlon, At the End of the Day by Lisl H. Detlefsen, and Kailanis Gift by Dorina Lazo Gilmore-Young. Bontigao feels very lucky indeed to illustrate this series.