The girl I am, was, and never will be, a speculative memoir of transracial adoption, Shannon Gibney
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The girl I am, was, and never will be, a speculative memoir of transracial adoption, Shannon Gibney
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Index
no index present
Intended audience
Ages 14 and up, Dutton BooksGrades 10-12, Dutton Books
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The girl I am, was, and never will be
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1351681557
Responsibility statement
Shannon Gibney
Sub title
a speculative memoir of transracial adoption
Summary
Erin Powers navigates growing up as a mixed-Black transracial adoptee being raised by a white, closeted lesbian mother. Based on the author's experienceTwo girls on different timelines-- each growing up as a mixed-Black transracial adoptee-- find their lives bridged by a mysterious portal. Part memoir, part speculative fiction, Gibney examines the absurdities of the adoptee experience through her own adoption experiences. -- adapted from jacket
Target audience
adolescent
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Subject
- Identity (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction
- Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Juvenile fiction
- Adoption -- Juvenile fiction
- Adoption -- Fiction
- Gibney, Shannon -- Juvenile fiction
- Families -- Juvenile fiction
- Racially mixed families -- Fiction
- Racially mixed people -- Fiction
- Speculative fiction
- Interracial adoption -- Juvenile fiction
- Identity -- Fiction
- Family -- Juvenile fiction
- Racially mixed families -- Juvenile fiction
- Racially mixed people -- Juvenile fiction
- Interracial adoption -- Fiction
- Young adult fiction
- Gibney, Shannon -- Fiction
- Family life -- Fiction
- Biographical fiction
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- Identity (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction
- Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Juvenile fiction
- Adoption -- Juvenile fiction
- Adoption -- Fiction
- Gibney, Shannon -- Juvenile fiction
- Families -- Juvenile fiction
- Racially mixed families -- Fiction
- Racially mixed people -- Fiction
- Speculative fiction
- Interracial adoption -- Juvenile fiction
- Identity -- Fiction
- Family -- Juvenile fiction
- Racially mixed families -- Juvenile fiction
- Racially mixed people -- Juvenile fiction
- Interracial adoption -- Fiction
- Young adult fiction
- Gibney, Shannon -- Fiction
- Family life -- Fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Content1
- Author1
- Other version1
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