When We Become Ours: A YA Adoptee Anthology (Hardcover)
by Mariama J. Lockington
Description
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These tales from fifteen bestselling, acclaimed, and emerging adoptee authors genuinely and authentically reflect the complexity, breadth, and depth of adoptee experiences.
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This groundbreaking collection centers what it's like growing up as an adoptee. These are stories by adoptees, for adoptees, reclaiming their own narratives.
About the Author
Mariama J. Lockington is an adoptee, educator, and Stonewall Honor-winning author. She has been telling stories and making her own books since the second grade, when she wore short-alls and flower leggings every day to school. She is the author of For Black Girls Like Me, In the Key of Us, and Forever is Now, as well as a poetry chapbook The Lucky Daughter. Mariama holds a Masters in Education from Lesley University and Masters in Fine Arts in Poetry from San Francisco State University. She lives in Lexington, KY with her partner and dapple haired dachshund, Henry.
Product Details
Category: Coming of Age, Family, Adoption, Short Stories, Young Adult
Language: English
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: New
ISBN-10: 0063144409
ISBN-13: 978-0063144408
Publisher: Harperteen
Date Published: September 19, 2023
Pages: 352
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