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The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be: A Speculative Memoir of Transracial Adoption

by Shannon Gibney

Young adult · ages 14–18 · grades 9–12 · 1050L

Why we'd hand it over

Powerful, unflinching, and formally inventive — the speculative structure lets readers sit with impossible questions about race, adoption, and belonging without fake resolution.

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The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be: A Speculative Memoir of Transracial Adoption by Shannon Gibney (ages 14–18) — ChapterScout