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Eleven-year-old Makeda dreams of meeting her African American mother, while coping with serious problems in her white adopted family, a cross-country move, and being homeschooled.

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Main Author: Lockington, Mariama (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Identity > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Interracial adoption > Juvenile fiction.
Family problems > Juvenile fiction.
Home schooling > Juvenile fiction.
Moving, Household > Juvenile fiction.
Identity (Philosophical concept) > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Juvenile fiction.
Coming-of-age fiction > Juvenile.
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Summary:Eleven-year-old Makeda dreams of meeting her African American mother, while coping with serious problems in her white adopted family, a cross-country move, and being homeschooled.
Physical Description:321 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9780374308049
0374308047
Author Notes:Mariama J. Lockington is an adoptee, author, and educator. She has been telling stories and making her own books since the second grade, when she wore shortalls and flower leggings every day to school. Mariama's middle grade debut, For Black Girls Like Me , earned five starred reviews and was a Today Show Best Kids' Book of the Year. Her sophomore middle grade novel, In the Key of Us , is a Stonewall Honor Book and was featured in the New York Times . Her young adult debut, Forever Is Now , won the Schneider Family Book Award. Mariama calls many places home but currently lives in Kentucky with her wife, her sausage dog Walter, and an abundance of plants.

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