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Pub Date Apr 27 2027 | Archive Date Apr 27 2027

Random House Children's Books | Knopf Books for Young Readers


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Description

A sensitive coming-of-age story and joyous celebration of identity, found family and acceptance! Set against the vibrant backdrop of the world's largest annual gathering of LGBTQ+ parents and their children, heroine Nora secretly plots to meet her donor siblings for the first time—a ripped-from-the-headlines (but often taboo!) topic.

Nora and Lyla don't share any DNA—but they are still sisters in every way. See, the thing is—“Uncle” Jack was Hapa’s donor to have Lyla, while Mama used a cryobank sperm donor to add Nora to their family. They've always known love makes a family—but for the first time, Nora can't help but be curious about her genetics. Maybe there are other sisters—and brothers—out there... 

So this year, when they go to Provincetown, Massachusetts for Family Week, Nora brings along a big secret. She’s been quietly planning to meet her donor siblings—without her parents, or even Lyla, knowing. 

But as soon as she meets her half-siblings (affectionately known as her “diblings”), it’s clear she won’t have a secret for very long. Will she muster the courage to come clean to Lyla and their parents—or will Lyla sniff out the whole story first?
A sensitive coming-of-age story and joyous celebration of identity, found family and acceptance! Set against the vibrant backdrop of the world's largest annual gathering of LGBTQ+ parents and their...

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EDITION Hardcover
ISBN 9780593899649
PRICE $17.99 (USD)
PAGES 208

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BISAC Codes

JUV060000 JUVENILE FICTION / LGBTQ+ / General
JUV068000 JUVENILE FICTION / Travel
JUV039020 JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Adolescence & Coming of Age