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Set in cosmopolitan Toronto, The Lotterys Plus One features a household that embodies diversity, individuality, community, education, and respect for the planet. There are two sets of committed same-sex parents (of different ethnicities), seven children, mostly adopted (ditto), and their assorted pets, but when their old-school Grandpa (or Grumps) moves in he has a hard time relating to this non-traditional family unit . . .
Emma Donoghue, the award-winning novelist best known for Room, has made her first foray into children’s fiction with The Lotterys Plus One, a middle grade tale that’s funny, heartwarming, and quietly provocative.
“Donoghue’s fans will recognize not only her gift for representing a child’s point of view, but also her knack for showing how a family, no matter how small or large, develops its own language, even its own culture.” -- New York Times