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• This Book Might Be About Zinnia

  Morris, Brittney,

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  A novel told in two timelines as one teen searches for her biological mother and the other copes with giving up her baby.

• The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be

  a Speculative Memoir of Transracial Adoption

  Gibney, Shannon,

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  Part memoir, part speculative fiction, this novel explores the often surreal experience of growing up as a mixed-Black transracial adoptee.

• When We Become Ours

  a YA Adoptee Anthology

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Jupiter Rising

  Schmidt, Gary D.,

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  When Jack's P.E. coach pairs him up with Jay Perkins for the cross-country team, neither of them is happy about it. Jack is grieving the loss of Joseph, his foster brother, and adjusting to his role as big brother to Jupiter, Joseph's orphaned…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Into the Light

  Oshiro, Mark,

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  It's been one year since Manny was cast out of his family and driven into the wilderness of the American Southwest. Since then, Manny lives by self-taught rules that keep him moving--and keep him alive. Now, he's taking a chance on a traveling…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Anne of Greenville

  Tamaki, Mariko,

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  This is the story of how I became Anne of Greenville. It's also the story of how I found my true true, and how I needed to maybe come to Greenville, of all places, to make that happen.

• Far From the Tree

  Benway, Robin,

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  A story of three very different teenagers connected by blood explores the meaning of family in all its forms--how to find it, how to keep it, and how to love it.

• You Have a Match

  Lord, Emma,

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  When Abby signs up for a DNA service, it's mainly to give her friend and secret love interest, Leo, a nudge. When the DNA service reveals Abby has a secret sister, shimmery-haired Instagram star Savannah Tully, it's hard to believe they're from the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hooper

  Herbach, Geoff

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  For Adam Reed, basketball is a passport. Adam's basketball skills have taken him from an orphanage in Poland to a loving adoptive mother in Minnesota. When he's tapped to play on a select AAU team along with some of the best players in the state, it…Read moreRead more of this annotation