![]() When these three siblings come together, they find in themselves the place they can belong, while the secrets they guard threaten to explode. At 18, he’s shuffled between foster home after foster home, always careful never to get attached to anyone or anything, because it always gets taken away. Older brother Joaquin hasn’t been so lucky. Maya, 15, has been adopted by wealthy parents and seems to have the picture-perfect family – that is, if you look past her alcoholic mother and the fact that Maya stands out like a sore thumb. The book opens with Grace, 16 years old, who is giving up her own baby for adoption, just as her mother had given her up. Although her biological mum proves elusive, her search leads her to two half-siblings she never knew existed. Far From the Tree (HarperTeen 2017) by Robin Benway is a story of biological teen siblings, living separate lives, who find each other. When 16 year-old Grace gives up her baby for adoption, she decides that the time has come to find out more about her own biological mother. National Book Award Winner, PEN America Award Winner, and New York Times Bestseller Perfect for fans of This Is Us, Robin Benways beautiful. Three teens learn they are siblings, having been given up for adoption by their birth mother. ![]() You’ve got us now, like it or not, and we’ve got you.' Young adult contemporary fiction about the nature of family. So you can go and think that you’re some lone wolf, but you’re not. ![]() ![]() But after that’s done you bandage each other up, and you move on. ![]()
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