The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be: A Speculative Memoir of Transracial Adoption

The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be: A Speculative Memoir of Transracial AdoptionA Michael L. Printz Award Honor BookPart memoir, part speculative fiction, this novel explores the often surreal experience of growing up as a mixed Black transracial adoptee. Dream Country author Shannon Gibney returns with a new book woven from her true story of growing up as the adopted Black daughter of white parents and the fictional story of Erin Powers, the name Shannon was given at birth by the white woman who gave her up for adoption. At its

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