In Search of Us
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Publication Year
2018
ISBN
9780374305314
Pages
403 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Relates the stories of Marilyn who, at age seventeen, fell in love with James, left her stage-mother, and set out on her own and Angie, her now seventeen-year-old daughter, who returns to Hollywood seeking her father.
Grade Level
9-12
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Single parent; Family member death; Family violence; Biracial; Interracial; Race discrimination; single mother; death of a father; grief; family tragedy; loss; domestic abuse; abusive uncle; biracial teenager; interracial relationship; racism
Main Character
girls
Race/Ethnicities
African American / White
Family Formation
single mother
Keywords
romance; 1990s; Los Angeles; modeling; road trip; multigenerational
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Dellaira, Ava, "In Search of Us" (2018). Diverse Families. 1372.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1372