The Lotterys Plus One
Emma Donoghue
Macmillan Children's Books (UK), HarperCollins Canada, Arthur A. Levine Scholastic (US)
Macmillan Children's Books hold the translation rights.
Spring 2017
Macmillan Children's Books (UK) will be publishing The Lotterys Plus One in paperback Thursday, 8 March 2018.
Emma Donoghue's first children's book in her forthcoming series receives enthusiastic reviews:
Raphael Simon, The New York Times
Emma Donoghue’s new novel makes diversity an understatement.
Quill & Quire
Readers will be hard-pressed to find a more diverse family in fiction.
Rachel Martin, NPR
Emma Donoghue helps kids deal with dementia (and still has fun in 'The Lotterys').
The above review contains an explanation about the book's genesis.
"I don't usually make up my books during dinner parties, but this one came out of a conversation in a very raucous, noisy New Year's Eve dinner party," she remembers. "My hostess said to me, 'How come there aren't good books for middle grade that feature kids with two mothers? You know, write me one, Emma,' she said. And then I thought, while I'm at it, let's make it really big — you know, go big or go home."
Lauren La Rose, Toronto Star
The Lotterys Plus One is about a thoroughly modern family in Toronto.
Joe Belanger, The London Free Press.
They’re so green they don’t own a car, preferring buses and the subway.
Kirkus Review
Linda Buckley-Archer, The Guardian
Rosamund Urwin, The Evening Standard
A fairy tale about the world’s most right-on family.
Ferelith Hordon, Books for Keeps
Kids' Book Review
Brilliant use of language keeps the brain cells sparking.
Emma Donoghue's interview about The Lotterys in The Globe and Mail, It’s all about getting that balance of truth and magic right.