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Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption

10 best books like Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption (Jane Jeong Trenka): Puddin', You Know Me Well, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Girls of Paper and Fire, Spin the Dawn, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses, A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers, Juliet Takes a Breath, The Hound of Justice, The Baby Business: How Money, Science, and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception

Puddin'
AuthorJulie Murphy
It is a companion novel to Dumplin', which follows supporting characters from the first book in the months after Willowdean's star turn in the Clover City pageant.

Millie Michalchuk has gone to fat camp every year since she was a girl. Not this year. This year she has new plans to chase her secret...
You Know Me Well
AuthorNina LaCour
ISBN1250098645
Who knows you well? Your best friend? Your boyfriend or girlfriend? A stranger you meet on a crazy night? No one, really?

Mark and Kate have sat next to each other for an entire year, but have never spoken. For whatever reason, their paths outside of class have never crossed.

That is,...
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
AuthorOcean Vuong
ISBN0525562028
Poet Ocean Vuong's debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and the redemptive power of storytelling.

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's...
Girls of Paper and Fire
AuthorNatasha Ngan
ISBN0316561363
Each year, eight beautiful girls are chosen as Paper Girls to serve the king. It's the highest honor they could hope for...and the most demeaning. This year, there's a ninth. And instead of paper, she's made of fire.

In this richly developed fantasy, Lei is a member of the Paper caste, the lowest...
Spin the Dawn
AuthorElizabeth Lim
This is a previously published edition of ISBN 9780525646990. An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.


Project Runway meets Mulan in this sweeping YA fantasy about a young girl who poses as a boy to compete for the role of imperial tailor and embarks on an impossible...
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
AuthorRobin Wall Kimmerer
ISBN0870714996
Living at the limits of our ordinary perception, mosses are a common but largely unnoticed element of the natural world. Gathering Moss is a beautifully written mix of science and personal reflection that invites readers to explore and learn from the elegantly simple lives of mosses.Robin Wall Kimmerer's...
A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers
AuthorVictor LaValle
ISBN0525508805
What if America's founding ideals finally became reality? A future of peace, justice, and love comes to life in original speculative stories that challenge oppression and embrace inclusiveness--from N. K. Jemisin, Charles Yu, Jamie Ford, and more.

For many Americans, imagining a bright...
Juliet Takes a Breath
AuthorGabby Rivera
Juliet Milagros Palante is leaving the Bronx and headed to Portland, Oregon. She just came out to her family and isn’t sure if her mom will ever speak to her again. But Juliet has a plan, sort of, one that’s going to help her figure out this whole “Puerto Rican lesbian” thing. She’s interning...
The Hound of Justice
AuthorClaire O'Dell
ISBN0062699334
Dr. Janet Watson and former covert agent Sara Holmes, introduced in the acclaimed A Study in Honor, continue their dangerous investigation into the new American Civil War with the help of fresh allies, advanced technology, and brilliant deduction in this superb reimagining of Sherlock Holmes.

It’s...
The Baby Business: How Money, Science, and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception
AuthorDebora L. Spar
ISBN1591396204
Despite legislation that claims to prohibit it, there is a thriving market for babies spreading across the globe. Fueled by rapid advances in reproductive medicine and the desperate desires of millions of would-be parents, the acquisition of children—whether through donated eggs, rented wombs,...
The Slow Fix
AuthorIvan E. Coyote
ISBN1551522470
”Coyote is an important literary voice, blending a keen sense of gay identity and community with a refreshing appreciation for the goodness at the heart of some straight people.”—Out

The first three story collections by Ivan E. Coyote featured insightful, deeply personal tales about...
The Ascent to Godhood
AuthorJ.Y. Yang
ISBN1250165881
The Protector is dead.

For fifty years, the Protector ruled, reshaping her country in her image and driving her enemies to the corners of the map. For half a century the world turned around her as she built her armies, trained her Tensors, and grasped at the reins of fate itself. Now she is dead....
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