About the book
Award-winning and best-selling author Lois Lowry explores issues surrounding adoption in this poignant young adult novel.
Natalie Armstrong has everything: she’s smart and beautiful, has the perfect boyfriend, early acceptance to college, and a loving family. But the summer she turns seventeen, her search for identity leads her to finally ask some unanswered questions: Who are her biological parents and why did they give her up when she was born?
These questions take her on a journey from the deep woods of Maine to the streets of New York City, from the pages of old phone books and a tattered yearbook photo to the realization that she might actually meet her biological mother face-to-face.
- Coming of Age Story: On the cusp of adulthood, Natalie must confront the questions of her past to understand her future, a journey that tests her relationship with the only family she’s ever known.
- A Search for Answers: Armed with a tattered yearbook photo and clues from old phone books, Natalie travels from her small town in Maine to the bustling streets of New York City to find her birth mother.
- Unraveling Family Secrets: Natalie’s quest uncovers a hidden history and a teenage mother she never knew, forcing her to redefine what family truly means.
- A Poignant Mother-Daughter Story: As Natalie prepares to meet the stranger who gave her life, she must brace for a reunion that could bring either closure or more questions.
Editions of Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781328901057
- EBook
- ISBN 9780547345987
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Award-winning and best-selling author Lois Lowry explores issues surrounding adoption in this poignant young adult novel.
Natalie Armstrong has everything: she’s smart and beautiful, has the perfect boyfriend, early acceptance to college, and a loving family. But the summer she turns seventeen, her search for identity leads her to finally ask some unanswered questions: Who are her biological parents and why did they give her up when she was born?
These questions take her on a journey from the deep woods of Maine to the streets of New York City, from the pages of old phone books and a tattered yearbook photo to the realization that she might actually meet her biological mother face-to-face.
- Coming of Age Story: On the cusp of adulthood, Natalie must confront the questions of her past to understand her future, a journey that tests her relationship with the only family she’s ever known.
- A Search for Answers: Armed with a tattered yearbook photo and clues from old phone books, Natalie travels from her small town in Maine to the bustling streets of New York City to find her birth mother.
- Unraveling Family Secrets: Natalie’s quest uncovers a hidden history and a teenage mother she never knew, forcing her to redefine what family truly means.
- A Poignant Mother-Daughter Story: As Natalie prepares to meet the stranger who gave her life, she must brace for a reunion that could bring either closure or more questions.
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Award-winning and best-selling author Lois Lowry explores issues surrounding adoption in this poignant young adult novel.
Natalie Armstrong has everything: she’s smart and beautiful, has the perfect boyfriend, early acceptance to college, and a loving family. But the summer she turns seventeen, her search for identity leads her to finally ask some unanswered questions: Who are her biological parents and why did they give her up when she was born?
These questions take her on a journey from the deep woods of Maine to the streets of New York City, from the pages of old phone books and a tattered yearbook photo to the realization that she might actually meet her biological mother face-to-face.
- Coming of Age Story: On the cusp of adulthood, Natalie must confront the questions of her past to understand her future, a journey that tests her relationship with the only family she’s ever known.
- A Search for Answers: Armed with a tattered yearbook photo and clues from old phone books, Natalie travels from her small town in Maine to the bustling streets of New York City to find her birth mother.
- Unraveling Family Secrets: Natalie’s quest uncovers a hidden history and a teenage mother she never knew, forcing her to redefine what family truly means.
- A Poignant Mother-Daughter Story: As Natalie prepares to meet the stranger who gave her life, she must brace for a reunion that could bring either closure or more questions.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye?
Children’s, Teenage and Educational > Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories > Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction
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You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781328901057
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye?
Lois Lowry
Who is the Publisher of the book Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye?
HarperCollins
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Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye is available as paperback(ISBN 9781328901057) and ebook(ISBN 9780547345987)
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