A Colombian adoptee seeks her birth family as her grandmother’s Holocaust past unfolds—identity, trauma, and chosen family.
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A Colombian adoptee seeks her birth family as her grandmother’s Holocaust past unfolds—identity, trauma, and chosen family.
At age 10, Luisa is separated from her birth country and family when she is adopted and transported from Colombia to Canada. Seven years later Luisa still has questions. Why did her mamá die of pneumonia when antibiotics could have saved her? Why did her papá disappear? When a long-awaited family trip to Bogotá is suddenly cancelled, Luisa leaves Toronto without permission to return to the orphanage she last knew as home. Determined to find answers and reconnect with her birth family, Luisa risk...
will contain mild spoilers
Teen LGBTQ+ crushes and kisses; romantic, not explicit
Holocaust losses and state violence; deaths without gore
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Central LGBTQ+ teen romance and identity themes
Jewish history via Kindertransport and Holocaust storyline
No magic or witchcraft present
No occult or demonology content present
Social inequity, geopolitics, corruption, adoption politics central
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Adoption trauma, Holocaust family loss, neglect, grief
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