Title The girl I am, was, and never will be : a speculative memoir of transracial adoption / Shannon Gibney.

Publication Info.	New York : Dutton Books, 2023.
	©2023

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Location	Call No.	Status
Avon Free Public Library - Teen	TEEN GIBNEY, S.	Check Shelf
Bloomfield at the Atrium	TEEN GIBNEY, S.	Check Shelf
Bristol, Main Library - Young Adult New Books	YA GIBNEY	Check Shelf
Bristol, Manross Branch - Young Adult	YA GIBNEY	Check Shelf
East Hartford, Raymond Library - Young Adult	YA GIBNEY SHANNON	Check Shelf
Farmington, Main Library - Teen Department	TEEN FIC GIBN	Check Shelf
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Teen	TEEN GIBNEY	Check Shelf
Manchester, Main Library - Teen	TEEN GIBNEY	Check Shelf
Middletown, Russell Library - NEW Young Adult Book	YA-GIBNEY	Check Shelf
Middletown, Russell Library - NEW Young Adult Book	YA-GIBNEY	Check Shelf

Description	237 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Audience	Ages 14 and up. Dutton Books.
	Grades 10-12. Dutton Books.
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 experience.
	Two 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
Subject	Gibney, Shannon -- Juvenile fiction.
	Interracial adoption -- Juvenile fiction.
	Racially mixed people -- Juvenile fiction.
	Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Juvenile fiction.
	Adoption -- Juvenile fiction.
	Racially mixed families -- Juvenile fiction.
	Families -- Juvenile fiction.
	Identity -- Fiction.
	Family life -- Fiction.
	Interracial adoption. (OCoLC)fst00977475
	Racially mixed people. (OCoLC)fst01086595
Genre/Form	Speculative fiction.
	Young adult fiction.
	Biographical fiction.
	Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
	Young adult works. (OCoLC)fst01726790
ISBN	9780593111994 (hardback)
	0593111990 (hardback)

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