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category: Young Adult Fiction
published: Sep 2019
ISBN:9781772601053
publisher: Second Story Press

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 is a writer of Cree and Scottish heritage based in Toronto. She was close to her grandfather as a child, a relationship that sparked her interest in writing about Indigenous themes and characters. She is the author of Missing Nimâmâ, which won the 2016 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, Stolen Words, which won the 2018 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award and the bestselling Orca Soundings titles He Who Dreams and Dreaming in Color.

Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
Age:
13 to 18
Grade:
8 to 12
Reading age:
13 to 18
Editorial Reviews

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


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

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