The story revolves around Samantha "Sam" Era, a girl who is extremely unlucky and is an orphan living in a foster home. She befriends a black cat named Bob who is actually a magical creature from a world where good luck is created and sent to humans. When Bob loses his lucky penny, which is the key to entering the land of good luck, Sam helps him retrieve it. In the process, she discovers that the land of good luck is divided into two parts: the land of good luck and the land of bad luck.
As Sam navigates this new world, she meets various creatures, including a dragon who is the director of the land of good luck. However, things take a turn when Sam's bad luck causes chaos, and the machine that creates bad luck collapses, releasing all the bad luck into the world.
Despite the setbacks, Sam and Bob come up with a plan to fix everything. They gather fragments of good luck and reactivate the atomizer, which restores balance to the world. The dragon, who had initially wanted to eliminate bad luck, comes to realize that it is also necessary for humans to appreciate the good things in life.
In the end, Sam's friend Heysel finds a loving family, and Sam herself finds a new family with Bob. The story concludes with Sam, Bob, and Heysel living happily together, despite Sam's continued bad luck, which has brought her the most important thing in her life - a family.
Here are the key facts from the text:
1. The main character's name is Samantha (also known as Sam or Sanz).
2. Sam is a girl who lives in a foster home and is looking to be adopted by a loving family.
3. Sam has very bad luck and is unable to do everyday things without something going wrong.
4. Sam's best friend is a little girl named Heysel, who also longs to have a family.
5. Sam meets a talking cat named Bob who claims to have the ability to grant good luck.
6. Bob gives Sam a penny with a clover on it, which supposedly brings good luck.
7. Sam loses the penny and Bob helps her on a quest to retrieve it.
8. They enter a magical place where good luck is created and sent to humans.
9. Sam meets the general director of the place, a good-natured dragon who can sniff out bad luck.
10. The dragon explains that they create good luck to bring joy to humans and make them feel like anything is possible.
11. Sam and Bob's plan to help Heysel goes awry, and they end up causing chaos in the magical place.
12. The machine that creates bad luck collapses, sending all the bad luck into the world.
13. Sam and Bob try to fix the situation, but things only get worse.
14. Sam meets a creature in the land of bad luck who explains that bad luck can be a good thing because it allows people to appreciate what they have.
15. Sam changes her mentality and decides to accept the fragments of good luck from the creature.
16. The dragon uses the fragments to reactivate the atomizer, which brings balance to the world.
17. Heysel finally finds a family that loves her, and Sam is grateful to have helped her friend.
18. The dragon and the captain return the good luck they took, and the captain hires Bob again.
19. Bob resigns and decides to live with Sam, who is excited to have him as a family.
20. A year later, Sam and Bob take Heysel for a walk, and Sam realizes that her bad luck brought her the most important thing in her life: a family.