Cover of What I Carry

What I Carry

Jennifer Longo

Muir is seventeen and has spent her life in foster care, moving through many homes and learning to keep only what will fit into a suitcase. Told from her perspective, the story highlights her search for belonging. Her experience of repeated moves shapes what she carries and how she understands home. The novel centers foster care, displacement, and a young person’s wish to find connection and a place where she belongs.

This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.

Book details

Themes
Belonging · Change And Transitions · Family · Home · Resilience
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Ember
Published
January 26, 2021
Pages
352
ISBN-13
9780553537741
Language
English