When We Become Ours

A YA Adoptee Anthology

Shannon Gibney, Nicole Chung, Mariama J. Lockington, Meredith Ireland, Mark Oshiro, Stefany Valentine, Eric Smith, Kelley Baker, MeMe Collier, Susan Harness, Lisa Nopachai, Matthew Salesses, Sun Yung Shin, Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom, Jenny Heijun Wills, Mariama Lockington, Stefany Valentine Ramirez, Susan Devan Harness

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Year: 2023
• eBook ISBN:
  9780063144422
• Print ISBN:
  9780063144408

"An emotion-filled collection." —Kirkus Reviews

A CCBC 2024 Choices for the Fiction for Young Adult category!

Two teens take the stage and find their voice . . .

A girl learns about her heritage and begins to find her community . . .

A sister is haunted by the ghosts of loved ones lost . . .

There is no universal adoption experience, and no two adoptees have the same story. This anthology for teens edited by Shannon Gibney and Nicole Chung contains a wide range of powerful, poignant, and evocative stories in a variety of genres.

These tales from fifteen bestselling, acclaimed, and emerging adoptee authors—a true own voices collection—genuinely and authentically reflect the complexity, breadth, and depth of the transracial adoptee experience.

This groundbreaking short story collection centers what it's like growing up as an adoptee. These are stories by adoptees, for adoptees, reclaiming their own narratives. 

With stories by:

• Kelley Baker
• Nicole Chung
• Shannon Gibney
• Mark Oshiro
• MeMe Collier
• Susan Harness      
• Meredith Ireland
• Mariama J. Lockington
• Lisa Nopachai
• Stefany Valentine
• Matthew Salesses
• Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom
• Eric Smith
• Jenny Heijun Wills
• Sun Yung Shin
• Foreword by Rebecca Carroll
• Afterword by JaeRan Kim, MSW, PhD

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Foreword by Rebecca Carroll
• Editors’ Note by Shannon Gibney and Nicole Chung
• Cora and Benji’s Great Escape by Mariama J. Lockington
• The Star of Ruin by Meredith Ireland
• How Slow the Snow Is Falling by Mark Oshiro
• Shawl Dance by Susan Harness
• White People by Matthew Salesses
• Haunt Me, Then by MeMe Collier
• Love Is Not Enough by Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom
• Oreo by Shannon Gibney
• Truffles (or Don’t Worry, the Dog Will Be Fine) by Eric Smith
• Catch by Nicole Chung
• Almost Close Enough by Stefany Valentine
• Sexy by Jenny Heijun Wills
• Deadwood by Kelley Baker
• Glide by Lisa Nopachai
• The Dream Dealer’s Audition by Sun Yung Shin
• Afterword by Dr. JaeRan Kim
• About the Authors
• Further Reading
• Acknowledgments
• About the Editors
• Books by Shannon Gibney and Nicole Chung
• Back Ad
• Copyright
• About the Publisher