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Far from the tree / Robin Benway.

Benway, Robin, (author.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062330628
  • ISBN: 0062330624
  • ISBN: 9780062330635 (paperback)
  • ISBN: 0062330632 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: 374 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2017]

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Grace, adopted at birth, is raised as an only child. At sixteen she's just put her own baby up for adoption, and now is looking for her biological family. She discovers Maya, her loudmouthed younger bio sister who was also adopted ; and Joaquin, their stoic older bio brother, who has no interest in bonding over their shared biological mother after seventeen years in the foster care system. Grace struggles between cautious joy at having found them, and the true meaning of family in all its forms.
Target Audience Note:
HL780L Lexile.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader 5.1.
Awards Note:
National Book Award, 2017.
Subject: Adopted children > Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Juvenile fiction.
Teenage mothers > Juvenile fiction.
Identity (Psychology) > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Brothers and sisters > Fiction.
Middle-born children > Fiction.
Genre: Young adult fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Novels.
Fiction.

Available copies

  • 41 of 44 copies available at Bibliomation.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Bridgeport Public Library. (Show preferred library)

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  • 0 current holds with 44 total copies.
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Chester Public Library YA BEN (Text) 33210000399820 Young Adult Fiction Available -
David M. Hunt Library - Falls Village yBEN (Text) 33180141780297 Young Adult Fiction Checked out 04/26/2024
Derby Public Library YA BEN (Text) 34047140399032 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Douglas Library - North Canaan Y BEN (Text) 33490002534117 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Douglas Library of Hebron FIC BEN (Text) 33400145578640 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Easton Public Library YA BENWAY, ROBIN (Text) 37777119018133 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Guilford Smith Library - South Windham YA BEN (Text) 34059144294606 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Howard Whittemore Library - Naugatuck YA FIC BENWAY, ROBIN (Text) 34027138544195 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Jonathan Trumbull Library - Lebanon YA FIC BENWAY (Text) 33430138257944 Young Adult Fiction Available -
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Far from the Tree
Far from the Tree
by Benway, Robin
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Far from the Tree


National Book Award Winner, PEN America Award Winner, and New York Times Bestseller! Perfect for fans of This Is Us, Robin Benway's beautiful interweaving story of three very different teenagers connected by blood explores the meaning of family in all its forms--how to find it, how to keep it, and how to love it. Being the middle child has its ups and downs. But for Grace, an only child who was adopted at birth, discovering that she is a middle child is a different ride altogether. After putting her own baby up for adoption, she goes looking for her biological family, including-- Maya, her loudmouthed younger bio sister, who has a lot to say about their newfound family ties. Having grown up the snarky brunette in a house full of chipper redheads, she's quick to search for traces of herself among these not-quite-strangers. And when her adopted family's long-buried problems begin to explode to the surface, Maya can't help but wonder where exactly it is that she belongs. And Joaquin, their stoic older bio brother, who has no interest in bonding over their shared biological mother. After seventeen years in the foster care system, he's learned that there are no heroes, and secrets and fears are best kept close to the vest, where they can't hurt anyone but him. Don't miss this moving novel that addresses such important topics as adoption, teen pregnancy, and foster care.

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