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324 pp.
| McElderry |
May, 2014 |
TradeISBN 978-1-4424-9734-4$17.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-4424-9736-8
(3)
YA
Adopted Lily faces racism due to her Asian heritage in this novel set in Korean War–era Kansas City. She struggles to come to terms with her abandonment by her birth mother ("Gone Mom") by piecing together clues to her past she finds in a wooden box in the attic. Readers will be drawn in by this poignant tale of finding one's true identity.