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The Lucky One

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1980s childhood childhoodfriends friendship growing growingtogeather highschool hockey smalltown youth

Penny Wilson is a normal grade 8 girl from a small farming town in southern Ontario who is faced with her first real experience of loss when her next-door neighbour dies of a heart attack. While processing the grief a family moves in next door with two neighbour boys who couldn't be more different from each other. One is the outgoing popular hockey star with every girl in school fighting for his attention, while the older is the smart older brother who is studious and focused on getting out of the farming life. Penny quickly gains a friendship with the next-door neighbours and starts dreaming of the future she will have with them. She cannot help comparing her life to her favourite book of a World War I romance as she thinks she's found her Scott Drake dashing war hero pilot. However, she will learn that sometimes being the lucky one is not always what it appears to be.All Rights Reserved

1980s childhood childhoodfriends friendship growing growingtogeather highschool hockey smalltown youth

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