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Excerpt from Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon, plus links to reviews, author biography & more. Benway wrote much of her latest YA novel, “Far From the Tree” beneath those mementos. Robin Benway's Far from the Tree recently won the National Book Award. THE EMOTIONS ARE REAL. Meet the next family that will have you laughing and crying in Far From the Tree! Full text of the footnotes to Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity, with links to sources. I constantly say it and I am probably boring others with my repetition but YA fiction is the genre that is the most prevalent at the moment. This life-affirming documentary encourages us to cherish loved ones for all they are, not who they might have been. What she finds instead in Robin Benway’s National Book Award finalist, Far from the Tree, are a younger sister, Maya, who’s also adopted, and an older brother, Joaquin, who’s spent his whole life in and out of foster care homes. Breaking away from Arthurian legends (The Winter Prince, 1993, etc. Grace, Maya, and Joaquin’s quest to bond as they search for their biological mother resonates across the many definitions of family. A good book is a good book regardless of genre, and, IMHO, Far From The Tree is an incredibly good book. 2012 Time magazine's Best Books of the Year; 2012 The New York Times Ten Best Books. To view books in process, and to suggest new books, go to Books … Based on the NY Times bestselling book by Andrew Solomon, Far from the Tree examines the experiences of families in which parents and children are profoundly different from one another in a variety of ways. After putting her baby up for adoption, 16-year-old Grace, an adopted only child, feels compelled to find her birth mother. FAR FROM THE TREE. This life-affirming documentary encourages us to cherish loved ones for all they are, not who they might have been. Winner of the 2017 National Book Award for Young People's Literature. I won’t spoil anything by going too deep into the plot, but a lottt happens in this one. I had to know what happened to Grace, Maya, and Joaquin, and I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough. Here’s what I loved: The Characters – Grace, Maya, and Joaquin were well-developed characters to love. Winner of the 2018 PEN America Award for Young Adult LIterature. A New York Times Bestseller. All characters who were very different, but all equally lovable. . Far from the Tree (Young Adult Edition): How Children and Their Parents Learn to Accept One Another . Overall: Far From the Tree is a beautifully written story that defines families in many different ways, and delivers both triumph and heartbreak to its readers. Far from the Tree is the poignant story of three young people discovering the complicated ways that families love. Her book Far from the Tree won the 2017 National Book Award for Young People's Literature and the 2018 PEN America Award and was named one of the best books of the year by the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, NPR, PBS, Entertainment Weekly, and the Boston Globe. Far from the Tree follows three siblings- Grace, Maya, and Joaquin. Alternating chapters from the siblings’ different perspectives reveal their painfully realistic ups and downs. Calling all fans of This Is Us: We have your next YA addiction. $18.99. With Amy Allnutt, Jack Allnutt, Harry Burdick, Emily Perl Kingsley. Directed by Rachel Dretzin, Jamila Ephron. Apparently, others shared that humble opinion, since the book was recently awarded the 2017 National Book Award for YA Fiction. Benway wrote much of her latest YA novel, “Far From the Tree” beneath those mementos. If you liked Far From The Tree you may also like other books in our Young Adult Category. It’s only the second audiobook I’ve listen to till the very end and it’s YA. 464 pages. Our Differences Unite Us. 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, winner. What she finds instead in Robin Benway’s National Book Award finalist, Far from the Tree, are a younger sister, Maya, who’s also adopted, and an older brother, Joaquin, who’s spent his whole life in and out of foster care homes.