Happy Go Lucky

The Happy Go Lucky Storybook is a fictional novel, sometimes referred to as a novelette, written for the approximate age range of 8 to 12 years old. However, people have read this book at all different ages because of the nature of the story. It is the most appropriate for grades 3 to 5, with a Lexile score of 850L. However, other grade-levels have read this book and enjoyed learning about Billy Thompson's adventures with the Maltese puppies along with his best friend, Lily Dawson. Although Billy faces his trials and tribulations in a realistic manner, the ten-year old Billy Thompson is more than a little unhappy when his father cannot give him a Maltese puppy because his family lives in an apartment on an Army Base. When his friend Lily comes to his side to help, Billy manages to come up with a puppy plan. Billy meets with his uncle Todd, a prominent business-man and mentor to him. Billy begins to better understand how to carry out his puppy plan but he is not prepared for what happens next.