About This Book
Reach for this book when your child begins asking deep questions about their origins or expresses a sense of being 'different' from the family they love. This sensitive story follows fourteen year old Julie, who has always known she was adopted but suddenly finds herself face to face with her glamorous and enigmatic birth mother. As Julie is pulled into her birth mother's orbit, the book explores the complex tension between biological heritage and the steady, quiet love of the parents who raised her. It is an emotionally resonant choice for middle schoolers navigating identity, loyalty, and the realization that the truth is often layered and complicated. It normalizes the 'what if' fantasies many adopted children hold while providing a realistic look at how one person can belong to two worlds at once.
