![]() Lucy isn't thrilled he'll be gone so long but soon discovers that the neighbors have a son her age, Nate. Lucy's father, soon to be off on another photographic assignment, will return just in time to serve as a judge for a local photo scavenger hunt. He and Lucy's mom move the family (including the dog, Ansel) to a small lakeside cottage just outside North Conway, New Hampshire. Lucy's aspirations are modeled on her father, who is a successful photographer. ![]() Half a Chance follows Lucy, a twelve-year-old aspiring photographer. ![]() Lord's debut novel Rules (2006) was a 2007 Newberry Honor book and winner of the Schneider Family Book Award. ![]() Half a Chance has been the recipient of several awards, including the 2014 Lupine Honor Award, American Library Association Notable Book Award, BookPage Top Pick in Children's Books (March 2014), and Parents' Choice Silver Medal. Having grown up in New Hampshire, Lord draws upon her knowledge of the state in evoking its woodlands and native fauna. The story takes place over the course of a single summer in the New Hampshire town of North Conway. Cynthia Lord’s young adult novel Half a Chance (2014) is about a girl named Lucy, and the close relationship she develops with her neighbor Nate and his family. ![]()
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