Unlucky or Not - Wendy Hughes Hare

Aspiring journalist Penelope-Marie Papadopoulos - \Pen\ to her friends - leaves her home in the lake country north of Toronto and heads to the big city. Her mission: to find her place in the world, to investigate the mysterious disappearance of her ex-boyfriend, and to leave behind her childhood nickname of \Unlucky.\ When the big move lands her in a sweltering fourth-floor walkup apartment and a dead-end retail job, Pen fears that bad luck has moved right in with her. But as she learns to take..