When We Become Ours: A YA Adoptee Anthology (Hardcover)

Regular price R$ 113,00

by Mariama J. Lockington

Description

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.
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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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