Two of Fr. Finn's classics are combined together in this one book! Here are reviews from both Lucky Bob and His Luckiest Year from the 1917 American Ecclesiastical Review.
 
“The great charm of this delightful new book by Father Finn is in the characterization of the hero, Bob Ryan. There is a certain bigness, a jovial, wholesome atmosphere about him that will at once assure him an enthusiastic welcome in the hearts of Father Finn’s readers.”
—American Catholic Quarterly Review, October 1917
 
“Father Francis Finn, S.J., is of course one of our few men who know how to write for boys without writing at them. The proof of the fact is that boys like his stories. Lucky Bob, the latest book of the author of Tom Playfair, is sure to get into the genuine boy; for Bob is certainly a real live boy, and boy speaketh unto boy, even as heart unto heart.”
—American Ecclesiastical Review, December 1917
 
“Bob is a splendidly conceived type of a healthy boy, and lads who accompany the young hero through the rapidly moving vicissitudes of his year in Pioneer Street will be all the better, as well as happier, for the association.”
—American Ecclesiastical Review, December 1917
 
“It is surely a compliment to an author and a proof of his power as a story-teller when his readers cry for more of the same kind, and crave for the opportunity of following their favorite characters through new adventures, rather than to be introduced to newcomers. That compliment has been paid to Father Finn not once, but many times. It is paid to him again in the present instance, for His Luckiest Year is not only a sequel to Lucky Bob, but it is also in the same series as Tom Playfair, Percy Wynn, etc. Readers of Lucky Bob will welcome this new story, in which the vividly interesting young hero comes into his own at last, after a year of struggle and adventure in a large city.”
—American Catholic Quarterly Review, October 1917