Hallie Palmer Beginner's Luck, Book 1, (Paperback)

from Magadri

Beginner's Luck is the story of a 16 yr. old girl, Hallie, who spends her time gambling at a local casino and the racetrack. When Hallie loses all of her money and is grounded, she runs away and finds a job as a yardworker for an eccentric old lady named Mrs. Olivia Stockton. Hallie slowly makes ...

from Borrows-N-Wants

Beginner's Luck is the story of a 16 yr. old girl, Hallie, who spends her time gambling at a local casino and the racetrack. When Hallie loses all of her money and is grounded, she runs away and finds a job as a yardworker for an eccentric old lady named Mrs. Olivia Stockton. Hallie slowly makes ...

from BookConcierge

Hallie Palmer is bright, bored and feels a misfit at school and in her large Catholic family. When she decides to try her luck at the track in order to get enough money to go to Vegas, she loses everything. But then she finds a job as a "yard person" for the Stocktons - an eccentric family to say...

from Kaydence

Positives: * This book moves really fast even though it's a bit long. * The family that she moves in with is hilarious. It reminds me of the stories about hippies. * She really grows up and you see that there is always a second chance. Negatives: * She never really understands her parents point o...

from melydia

When high school and her ginormous family get to be too much for her, Hallie drops out and gets a job as a yard person for the rather eccentric Stockton family. Here she meets kooky aging activist Olivia; the Judge, her husband suffering from Alzheimer's Disease; her fabulous son Bernard who deal...