Transfiguring Adoption’s Overview:
The target audience appears to be children 12-18 years of age or Young Adult. However, since it deals with mature themes such as Sex and Peer Pressure I would recommend this book more to families with teens in high school. It appears this book would be best for foster and adoptive families, especially families with teen girls, as well as families with international adoption. This book will best relate to foster/adoptive parents through the struggles Lara Jean faces throughout the novel, both at school, and at home. Although framed in a lighthearted way, this book tackles important concepts in raising teens in a safe and caring environment.
I really enjoyed this book as an upbeat coming-of-age novel. The main character, Lara Jean is relatable and fun, and many teens (especially girls) will see much of themselves in her day to day life.
This book, and the next two books in this trilogy have been on my radar for awhile. The books have recently been made into Netflix original movies, to much excitement from the YA community. These are books your teen girl is likely to hear about and…
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About the Author: Robyn Briggs
Robyn lives in Charlotte, NC where she divides her time working as a newborn care specialist, writing, and speaking at literature conventions around the Southeast. She pursued a double major in Sociology/Psychology at university, concentrating in child psychology. She rose to become president of the Sociology/Psychology Association chapter on campus. She was adopted as an infant and uses her experience as an adoptee in a cross-racial family to write and speak about challenges that may arise for both children and caretakers. When not writing, speaking, or holding babies, you can find Robyn in Asheville, NC hiking with her dog.
**Transfiguring Adoption is a nonprofit organization seeking to nurture growth in foster and adoptive families by giving a HOOT about their families. Transfiguring Adoption does not intend for its reviewers nor its review to be professional, medical or legal advice. These reviews and discussion guides are intended to help parents to better be able to connect and understand their children who come from traumatic backgrounds.
