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YAOrca Soundings series.
Emily is devastated to learn that the woman she thought was her mother is really her aunt. She runs away in search of her biological father before attempting to adjust to this new reality with her "un-mom." With short chapters geared toward reluctant teen readers, this fast-paced text offers unflinching coverage of hot-button topics such as suicide and teen pregnancy.