The how & the why

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9780062693167
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Cassandra McMurtrey has the best parents a girl could ask for; they've given Cass a life she wouldn't trade for the world. She has everything she needs--but she has questions, too. Like, to know who she is. Where she came from. Questions her adoptive parents can't answer, no matter how much they love her. But eighteen years ago, someone wrote Cass a series of letters. And they may just hold the answers Cass has been searching for. Alternating between Cass's search for answers and letters from the pregnant teen who placed her for adoption, this emotionally resonant narrative is the perfect read for fans of Nina LaCour and Jandy Nelson. "Cassandra McMurtrey has the best parents a girl could ask for; they've given Cass a life she wouldn't trade for the world. She has everything she needs--but she has questions, too. Like, to know who she is. Where she came from. Questions her adoptive parents can't answer, no matter how much they love her. But eighteen years ago, someone wrote Cass a series of letters. And they may just hold the answers Cass has been searching for. Alternating between Cass's search for answers and letters from the pregnant teen who placed her for adoption, this emotionally resonant narrative is the perfect read for fans of Nina LaCour and Jandy Nelson."--Provided by publisher.
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Adopted children -- Fiction
Adopted children -- Juvenile fiction
Bildungsromans
Birthparents -- Fiction
Birthparents -- Juvenile fiction
Epistolary fiction
Teenage girls -- Fiction
Teenage girls -- Juvenile fiction
Teenage mothers -- Fiction
Teenage mothers -- Juvenile fiction
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The how & the why
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The how & the why / Cynthia Hand
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The how & the why
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Birthparents
Teenage girls
Teenage mothers

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