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WINNER OF THE 2020 CHRISTY AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULTHome is where your people are. But who are your people?Home is where your people are. But who are your people?Adelaide has lived her whole life in rural Ethiopia as the white American daughter of an anthropologist. Then her family moves to South Carolina, in 1964.Adelaide vows to find her way back to Ethiopia, marry Maicaah, and become part of the village for real. But until she turns eighteen, Adelaide must adjust to this strange, white place that everyone tells her is home. Then Adelaide becomes friends with the five African-American students who sued for admission into the white high school. Even as she navigates her family's expectations and her mother's depression, Adelaide starts to enjoy her new friendships, the chance to learn new things, and the time she spends with a blond football player.
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Christine grew up in Peru, Chile, Panama, Kentucky, and North Carolina. She studied English at Wheaton College and has an MFA in creative writing from Queens University of Charlotte. Now she lives in the Chicago area, where she works as a Spanish-language editor at Tyndale House Publishers. When not writing, she's usually reading in a hammock, running, cooking for friends, watching a show that features British accents, or planning a travel adventure.
