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 fabulous 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.
《长青藤国际大奖小说:从天而降的幸运》讲述了一个勇敢机智的11岁女孩,与最好的朋友组建侦探所,侦破小镇长达11年的谜案的故事。过完这个暑假,女孩摩就要上6年级了。11年前,她在一场飓风中被大水冲到了图珀洛镇,由镇上咖啡馆的店主——拉娜小姐和一个自称为上校的失忆男子收养。为了帮助摩寻找“河流上游的妈妈”,小镇所有的人外出时都会帮她放下一个漂流瓶。在这个只有148口人的小镇,到处充满了温情和惬意,谁也没有想到这里居然会发生谋杀案——一个平常不太引人注目的中年男人被杀害了,紧接着上校失踪、拉娜小姐被绑,小镇的生活一下子翻天覆地。勇敢而机灵的摩与最好的朋友戴尔组成了“绝命徒侦探所”,誓要揪出凶手,保护自己唯一所知的家人。最终,她会揭开谜底,救回拉娜小姐吗?上校能不能恢复记忆,找出最关键的秘密?摩又能不能找到“河流上游的妈妈”呢?她还会像以前一样幸运吗?