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

by Shannon Gibney

Book Overview

A Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book

Part memoir, part speculative fiction, this novel explores the often surreal experience of growing up as a mixed-Black transracial adoptee.

Dream Country author Shannon Gibney returns with a new book woven from her true story of growing up as the adopted Black daughter of white parents and the fictional story of Erin Powers, the name Shannon was given at birth by the white woman who...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593111990
• ISBN13: 9780593111994
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12