Just Lucky

by Melanie Florence

tagged: orphans & foster homes, girls & women, bullying

Description

Lucky loves her grandparents, and they are all the family she really has. True, her grandma forgets things…like turning off the stove, or Lucky’s name. But her grandpa takes such good care of them that Lucky doesn’t realize how bad things are. That is until he’s gone. When her grandma accidentally sets the kitchen on fire, Lucky can’t hide what’s happening any longer, and she is sent into foster care. She quickly learns that some foster families are okay. Some aren’t. And some really, really aren’t.

About the Author

Melanie Florence

MELANIE FLORENCE is an award-winning writer of Cree and Scottish heritage based in Toronto, Ontario. She is the author of Missing Nimâmâ, which won the 2016 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award, the 2017 Forest of Reading Golden Oak Award and was a finalist for the 2017 First Nation Communities READ award. Her most recent picture book, Stolen Words, won the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award and was a finalist for the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. Her other books include Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Residential Schools and the teen novels Just Lucky, He Who Dreams, The Missing, One Night, and Rez Runaway. Visit her at https://www.melanieflorence.com/.

Age:: 13 to 18
Grade:: 8 to 12
Reading age:: 13 to 18

Editorial Reviews

Just Lucky is an amazing book, and Melanie Florence draws together many contemporary issues faced by families and kids today...Highly Recommended.

An uplifting and hopeful #ownvoices novel revealing the complexities of foster care and the heartbreak of dementia.

Just Lucky

by Melanie Florence

Melanie Florence

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