Three Times Lucky (Sheila Turnage)

Summary: Rising sixth grader Miss Moses LoBeau lives in the small town of Tupelo Landing, NC, where everyone's business is fair game and no secret is sacred.  She washed ashore in a hurricane eleven years ago, and she's been making waves ever since.  Although Mo hopes someday to find her "upstream mother," she's found a home with the Colonel--a café owner with a forgotten past of his own--and Miss Lana, the fabuous café hostess.  She will protect those she loves with every bit of her strong will and tough attitude.  So when a lawman comes to town asking about a murder, Mo, and her best friend Dale Earnhardt Johnson III, set out to uncover the truth in hopes of saving the only family Mo has ever known  (from amazon.com)

Where can I find it?: Boston Public Library: Adams Street, Codman Square, Copley, East Boston, Fields Corner, Honan-Allston, Jamaica Plain, North End, Uphams Corner, and West Roxbury branches, or as an ebook at https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C721239

Tags: Restaurants; North Carolina; Community life; Foundlings; Identity (Philosophical concept); Murder; Detective and mystery stories; Murder--Investigation