When We Become Ours: A YA Adoptee Anthology

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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. 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 its 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 Sjblom
• Eric Smith
• Jenny Heijun Wills
• Sun Yung Shin
• Foreword by Rebecca Carroll
• Afterword by JaeRan Kim, MSW, PhD

Author Bio

Shannon Gibneyis a writer, educator, activist, and the author ofSee No ColorandDream Country, young adult novels that won Minnesota Book Awards, as well the picture bookSam and the Incredible African and American Food Fight, and the memoir/novelThe Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be: A Speculative Memoir of Transracial Adoption. She co-authored the children's picture bookWhere We Come From.Gibney teaches writing in the English department at Minneapolis College.Visit her on Instagram at @shannonelainegibney and Twitter@GibneyShannon. Nicole Chungis the author of the national bestsellerAll You Can Ever Know.Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, theWashington Post,Time, and many other outlets,All You Can Ever Knowwas a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, a semifinalist for the PEN Open Book Award, an Indies Choice Honor Book, and a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection. Chung's writing has appeared in theNew York Times,theAtlantic, Time, GQ,Slate,and theGuardian. Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, she now lives in the Washington, DC, area. Mark Oshiro is the award-winning author of the young adult books Anger Is a Gift (Schneider Family Book Award) and Each of Us a Desert, as well as their middle grade debut, The Insiders. They are also the coauthor (with Rick Riordan) of the #1 New York Times bestselling novel The Sun and the Star. When not writing, they are trying to pet every dog in the world. Visit them online at www.markoshiro.com.