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Just Lucky

Melanie Florence

Type:

Fiction

Category:

Family

Theme:

Orphans & Foster Homes

Language:

English

Publisher:

Second Story Press

Grade Level:

8-12

Age Range:

13-19

Where to buy it

Amazon
Apple Books
Indigo

Description

After her grandfather dies and her grandmother can no longer take care of her, fifteen-year-old Lucky must navigate the foster care system. Lucky soon learns that foster placements are lonely, some can even be dangerous, and none of them feel like home.
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. Is it possible to find a home again when the only one you’ve ever known has been taken from you?

Contributors

Melanie Florence is an award-winning writer of Cree and Scottish heritage. Her YA novels include The Missing, He Who Dreams, Rez Runaway, and One Night. She is the author of the picture books Missing Nimama and Stolen Words and the nonfiction Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Residential Schools. Melanie lives with her husband and two children in Toronto.

Formats

ISBN13: 9781772601046

Publication Date: 09/17/2019

Price: $13.95 CAD

ISBN13: 9781772602975

Publication Date: 05/30/2022

Price: $18.99 CAD

ISBN13: 9781772601053

Publication Date: 09/17/2019

Price: $8.99 CAD

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