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When We Become Ours by Shannon Gibney

When We Become Ours

A YA Adoptee Anthology

Shannon Gibney, Nicole Chung, Mariama J. Lockington

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · October 24, 2023

"An emotion-filled collection." —Kirkus Reviews A CCBC 2024 Choices for the Fiction for Young Adult category!

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Who it’s for
Adoptee authors reclaim their own narratives in a varied, emotionally resonant collection for teens.
Genres
YA Adoption Stories, YA Short Stories, Coming of Age
Published
HarperCollins, October 24, 2023

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About this book

"An emotion-filled collection." —Kirkus Reviews A CCBC 2024 Choices for the Fiction for Young Adult category! 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.

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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 - Sun Yung Shin - Foreword by Rebecca Carroll - Afterword by JaeRan Kim, MSW, PhD

Many Voices

Adoptee authors reclaim their own narratives in a varied, emotionally resonant collection for teens.

Come here for

  • Many adoptee perspectives, gathered in one teen anthology
  • Stories spanning genres and the complexity of growing up adopted

Expect

  • A range of poignant, evocative stories
  • Experiences that resist any single account of adoption

Where it sits

YA Short Stories88%
YA Adoption Stories80%
Coming of Age66%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Coming of Age
  • YA Adoption Stories
  • YA Stories About Parents
  • YA Blended Family Stories
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  • Historical YA Fantasy
  • YA Fantasy Romance
  • Historical YA
  • Historical YA Romance
Authors
Shannon Gibney, Nicole Chung, Mariama J. Lockington
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
October 24, 2023
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Coming of Age