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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 Sjöblom, Eric Smith, Jenny Heijun Wills, and Sun Yung Shin. Foreword by Rebecca Carroll. Afterword by JaeRan Kim, MSW, PhD.

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"SHANNON GIBNEY is an author and university professor. Her first novel, See No Color, which was drawn from her life as a transracial adoptee, won the Minnesota Book Award and was hailed by Kirkus as ""an exceptionally accomplished debut"" and by Publishers Weekly as ""an unflinching look at the complexities of racial identity."" She lives with her two Liberian-American children in Minneapolis, Minnesota. www.shannongibney.com and @gibneyshannon Nicole Chung is the author of a new memoir, A Living Remedy. Her bestselling first book, 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 an official Junior Library Guild crossover selection. Chung's writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Time, GQ, The Guardian, Vulture, and Slate, among other publications. Visit her at Twitter and Instagram at @nicolesjchung."

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