Description
Two teens take the stage and find their voice. . .
A girl learns about her heritage and begins to find her community. . .
A sister is haunted by the ghosts of loved ones lost. . .
There is no universal adoption experience, and no two adoptees have the same story. This anthology for teens edited by Shannon Gibney and Nicole Chung contains a wide range of powerful, poignant, and evocative stories in a variety of genres.
These tales from fifteen bestselling, acclaimed, and emerging adoptee authors genuinely and authentically reflect the complexity, breadth, and depth of adoptee experiences.
This groundbreaking collection centers what it's like growing up as an adoptee. These are stories by adoptees, for adoptees, reclaiming their own narratives.
With stories by:
- Kelley Baker
- Nicole Chung
- Shannon Gibney
- Mark Oshiro
- MeMe Collier
- Susan Harness
- Meredith Ireland
- Mariama J. Lockington
- Lisa Nopachai
- Stefany Valentine
- Matthew Salesses
- Lisa Wool-Rim Sjoeblom
- Eric Smith
- Jenny Heijun Wills
- Sun Yung Shin
- Foreword by Rebecca Carroll
- Afterword by JaeRan Kim, MSW, PhD
About the Author
Shannon Gibney is a writer, educator, activist, and the author of See No Color and Dream Country, young adult novels that won Minnesota Book Awards, as well the picture book Sam and the Incredible African and American Food Fight, and the memoir/novel The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be: A Speculative Memoir of Transracial Adoption. She co-authored the children's picture book Where We Come From. Gibney teaches writing in the English department at Minneapolis College. Visit her on Instagram at @shannonelainegibney and Twitter @GibneyShannon. Nicole Chung is the author of the national bestseller All You Can Ever Know. Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, the Washington Post, Time, and many other outlets, All You Can Ever Know was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, a semifinalist for the PEN Open Book Award, an Indies Choice Honor Book, and a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection. Chung's writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Atlantic, Time, GQ, Slate, and the Guardian. Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, she now lives in the Washington, DC, area. Mark Oshiro is the award-winning author of the young adult books Anger Is a Gift (Schneider Family Book Award) and Each of Us a Desert, as well as their middle grade debut, The Insiders. They are also the coauthor (with Rick Riordan) of the #1 New York Times bestselling novel The Sun and the Star. When not writing, they are trying to pet every dog in the world. Visit them online at www.markoshiro.com.
Reviews
"An emotion-filled collection." - Kirkus Reviews "Nicole and Shannon have done something incredible here: brought together a group of incredibly talented writers to speak to an experience we so rarely see reflected in young adult literature. This anthology is as engaging as it is healing-a must-have for every classroom." - Leah Johnson, bestselling author of You Should See Me In a Crown
Awards
Winner of Cooperative Children's Book Center Choice (United States).
Book Information
ISBN 9780063144408
Author Shannon Gibney
Format Hardback
Page Count 352
Imprint HarperTeen
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Weight(grams) 454g
Dimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm * 26mm
