The Charming Bracelet - Softcover

Alexandria Evangeline Malouff has 27 letters in her name. She has been to the principal's office for 27 different stupid reasons this year. Her mom was 27 when she dropped Lexie and her younger brother, Anthony, off at their grandparents' house and disappeared. Lexie considers 27 her number, but not her lucky number. When Lexie finds a silver charm bracelet in the park, she isn't surprised there are 27 charms on it. There are many surprises in her future, though, that begin when Lexie finds the bracelet's owner, an elderly lady named Miss Em. As Miss Em shares the stories of the charms, Lexie comes to terms with many things in her own life and discovers that 27 might just be her lucky number after all.

Sherry Smart Hall was the Sunday edition editor at the Marion Star and a copy editor and bureau chief at the Canton (OH) Repository before working for the Harding Home Presidential Site in Marion. Hall served as the site's education coordinator for nine years, and then became site manager in 2009. A native of Marion, she graduated from Heidelberg University with majors in English and American studies.