The Complete Book of Aspen

The Complete Book of Aspen 

by Danna Smith 

Language: English 

Plumbago, 2022. 

304 p. 

ISBN: 0578332485; 9780578332482 

Summary: The death of Aspen's father breaks her small family. Aspen's mother slips into depression, leaving Aspen and her brother, Cooper, to hold together the broken pieces of their lives. Time, love, and medical attention allow Aspen's mom to heal, and their family begins to find a new normal. But just as the sun starts to peek out from the dark clouds of depression and loss, Aspen and her friend Sophie get the results of their DNA tests. Learning that her beloved late father was not her biological father—and that her mother had deceived her—ignites a wild storm of emotions. Aspen struggles with her identity and the burden of being the gatekeeper of this closely guarded family secret. When her mother refuses to reveal her biological father's name, Aspen sets out on a courageous journey to find him. A heartbreakingly hopeful young adult novel told in narrative and creative verse by award-winning author and poet Danna Smith, based on her true DNA experience. 

Available: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0578332485

In the key of us

In the key of us 

by Mariama Lockington 

Language: English 

Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 2022. 

348 pages : map ; 22 cm. 

ISBN: 9780374314101; 0374314101 

Summary: While twelve-year-old Andi has suffered from anxiety attacks ever since her mother died ten months ago, Zora starting hurting herself whenever she feels out of control; they are both at Camp Harmony, an elite summer music camp, trying to deal with their problems and also the stress of competition--but as the summer passes they find themselves increasingly drawn to each other, and maybe not just as friends.

Available: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0374314101

How to excavate a heart

How to excavate a heart 

by Jake Maia Arlow 

Language: English 

HarperTeen, New York, NY, 2022. 

369 pages ; 22 cm. 

ISBN: 9780063078727; 0063078724 

Summary: Snowy weather and fish fossils help bring together two Jewish college freshmen spending winter break in Washington, D.C. 

Available: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0063078724

Hjalte Donut 3

Værste bedste sommer (Hjalte Donut, 3) 

by Anja Hitz 

Language: Danish 

[Helsingør] : ABC, 2022. 

140 sider : ill. i farver 

ISBN: 9788775890194 

Summary: ”Det bliver bare mit livs bedste sommerferie,” siger Krusemynte. Det giver et lille stik i maven. Jeg ved ikke hvorfor. Hver dag må gerne være hendes livs bedste. Men en hel måned uden mig. Hvordan kan hun glæde sig så meget til det? ”Men jeg kommer selvfølgelig til at savne jer begge to helt vildt,” siger hun og blinker til mig. ”Jeg får ikke tid til at savne jer en skid,” udbryder Viktor. ”Jeg får alt for travlt med at skyde med harpun nede på bunden af havet.” Lalandia! tænker jeg. Det kan også noget. Især når man er i det helt rigtige selskab ... Sjette klasse er slut for altid. Krusemynte og Viktor er væk det meste af ferien, men så har Hjalte heldigvis gode planer med Alex og den nye familie. Eller har han? Pludselig er ferien fyldt med Selina og ting, der går galt. Selv Mulle har ændret sig... Dette er den tredje bog i serien om Hjalte Donut.

Available: https://www.gucca.dk/hjalte-donut-3-bog-p565418

Where the sky llives

Where the Sky Lives 

by Margaret Dilloway 

Language: English 

HarperCollins Publishers 2022. 

336 p. 

ISBN: 9780063047242 ; 0063047241 

Summary: When life doesn’t make sense, twelve-year-old amateur astronomer Tuesday Beals has always looked to the stars above Zion National Park, where she lives. Her beloved late uncle Ezra taught her astronomy, but now their special stargazing sites are all she has left of him, along with his ashes and a poem that may be a riddle. Then a new housing development next door threatens to ruin the night skies and her favorite astronomy spots. Desperate to focus on something besides the growing uncle-sized chasm between her and her mother, the park archeologist, Tuesday takes up photography with her best friend, Carter, after they find an abandoned camera. With this new way of seeing the universe, she tries to solve her uncle’s riddle to save the land. But one day, a photo reveals clues about an endangered animal—one that could halt construction. Will the discovery be enough to save the park and keep the rest of her world from falling apart?

Available: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0063047241/

Flight of the Puffin

Flight of the Puffin 

by Ann Braden 

Language: English 

New York : Penguin Young Readers Group, 2021. 

229 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. 

ISBN: 9781984816061 ; 1984816063 

Summary: Told in multiple voices, seventh-grader Libby sets off a chain of events that brings hope and encouragement to four different individuals across the country who are dealing with bullies, acceptance, homelessness, and grief. 

Available: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1984816063/

Maizy Chen's last chance

Maizy Chen's last chance 

by Lisa Yee 

Language: English 

New York : Random House, [2022] ©2022. 

276 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. 

ISBN: 9781984830258 ; 1984830252 

Summary: Eleven-year-old Maizy Chen visits her estranged grandparents, who own and run a Chinese restaurant in Last Chance, Minnesota; as her visit lengthens, she makes unexpected discoveries about her family's history and herself. 

Available: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1984830252/

Hjalte Donut 2 - venner, som k*****

Hjalte Donut 2 - venner, som k***** 

by Anja Hitz 

Language: Danish 

[Helsingør] : ABC, 2021. 

137 sider : ill. 

ISBN: 9788779169470 ; 8779169473 

Summary: Det er ikke helt nemt at være Hjalte. Mulle fra donorgruppen vil igen have Hjalte til at hjælpe sig, og endnu engang handler det om kys og kærester. Hjalte får tilbud om at være spilfigur, men han synes, han ligner en syg bæver på Veras tegninger. Mor kritiserer Alex og har svært ved at dele Hjalte med ham. Og så er der det med Krusemynte. Er hun og Hjalte bare bedste venner, eller er de blevet noget andet ... 

Available: https://www.amazon.com/Hjalte-Donut-2-Anja-Hitz/dp/8779169473/

Hjalte Donut

Hjalte Donut 

by Anja Hitz 

illus. by Birgitte Ahlmann 

Language: Danish 

ABC Forlag : [sælges på internettet], 2020. 

p. ; cm. 

ISBN: 9788779168619 ; 8779168612 

Summary: ”Hvorfor skal du overhovedet kysse med en hel masse?” Jeg kan mærke, at jeg bliver helt rød i hovedet, da jeg selv siger kysse. ”Jeg prøver nogle forskellige, og så ser jeg, hvem jeg vil gå efter,” siger Mulle. Hjalte har ingen far. I hvert fald ikke en han nogensinde kommer til at kende. Sådan er det bare at være donorbarn. 

Available: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/8779168612/

Donor Child: a child of love

Donor Child: a child of love 

by Emma Grønbæk 

Language: English and Danish 

Denmark: Saxo, 2021. 

123 pages 

ISBN: 8740401863 ; 9788740401868 

Summary: In this book, you will meet me, Emma, and my family. I share my story of being a donor child, how it has impacted my life, my parents' involuntary childlessness, and how we have dealt with donor conception in my family. Against the advice from doctors, my parents choose from the beginning to tell me the truth about the help they had received to become a family. Today, my parents have three children, all of whom have come into the world through fertility treatments. Our story is not unique. Many couples worldwide have difficulty having children and this means that up to every 10th child is born with the help of fertility treatments. I have invited leading Danish specialists to put my personal story in perspective with their knowledge of fertility treatment, choice of donor, relationships, and family life. Read the book as a impute on the debate regarding donor use and how it can influence children who are conceived through fertility treatments with donor conception. 

Available: https://www.amazon.com/Donor-Child-child-Emma-Groenbaek/dp/8740401863/

Triple Helix : My donor-conceived story

Triple Helix : My donor-conceived story 

by Lauren Burns 

Language: English 

St. Lucia, Qld : University of Queensland Press, 2022. 

v. ; 23 cm. 

ISBN: 9780702265433 ; 0702265438 

Summary: The compelling story of one woman's journey to find out the truth about her paternity-and to come to grips with the rewriting of her own history and sense of identity. 

Available: https://www.amazon.com/Triple-Helix-My-donor-conceived-story-ebook/dp/B09SM3TVN9/

Brave new humans : the dirty reality of donor conception

Brave new humans : the dirty reality of donor conception 

by Sarah Dingle 

Language: English 

Richmond, VIC : Hardie Grant Books, 2021. 

vi, 345 pages ; 24 cm. 

ISBN: 9781743796382 ; 1743796382 

Summary: Journalist Sarah Dingle was 27 when she learned that her identity was a lie. Over dinner one night, her mother casually mentioned Sarah had been conceived using a sperm donor. The man who'd raised Sarah wasn't her father; in fact, she had no idea who her father was. Or who she really was. As the shock receded, Sarah put her professional skills to work and began to investigate her own existence. Thus began a ten-year journey to understand who she was - digging through hospital records, chasing leads, and taking a DNA test - that finally led her to her biological origins. What she discovered along the way was shocking: hospital records routinely destroyed, trading of eggs and sperm, women dead, donors exploited, and hundreds of thousands of donor-conceived people globally who will never know who they are. But there's one thing this industry hasn't banked on: the children of the baby business taking on their makers. In a profoundly personal way, Brave New Humans shines a light on the global fertility business today - a booming and largely unregulated industry that takes a startlingly lax approach to huge ethical concerns, not least our fundamental human need to know who we are, and where we come from. 

Available: https://www.amazon.com/Brave-New-Humans-Reality-Conception/dp/1743796382/

Uprooted : family trauma, unknown origins, and the secretive history of artificial insemination

Uprooted : family trauma, unknown origins, and the secretive history of artificial insemination 

by Peter J. Boni 

Language: English 

Austin, Texas : Greenleaf Book Group Press, [2022]. 

xv, 268 pages ; 24 cm. 

ISBN: 162634907X ; 9781626349070 

Summary: How a journey of self-discovery unearthed the scandalous evolution of artificial insemination. Just before his fiftieth birthday, Peter's seventy-five-year-old mother unveiled a bombshell: His deceased father was not biological. Peter was conceived in 1945 via an anonymous sperm donor. 

Available: https://www.amazon.com/Uprooted-Origins-Secretive-Artificial-Insemination/dp/162634907X/

The Science of Being Angry

The Science of Being Angry 

by Nicole Melleby 

Language: English 

Chapel Hill, NC : Algonquin of Chapel Hill, 2022. 

288 p. : cm. 

ISBN: 1643750372 ; 9781643750378 

Summary: Eleven-year-old Joey navigates family, friendships, and her first crush, while looking for answers to why she feels so angry sometimes and by searching for the donor her moms chose.

Available: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1643750372/

The Epic Story of Every Living Thing

The Epic Story of Every Living Thing 

by Deb Caletti 

Language: English 

New York : Labyrinth Road, 2022. 

p. ; cm. 

ISBN: 0593485513 ; 9780593485514 

Summary: Harper Proulx has lived her whole life with unanswered questions about her anonymous sperm donor father. She's convinced that without knowing him, she can't know herself. When a chance Instagram post connects Harper to a half-sibling, that connection yields many more and ultimately leads Harper to uncover her father's identity. 

Available: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0593485505/

The End

The End 

by Mats Strandberg 

Language: English 

Arctis, 2020. 

384 pages 

ISBN: 1646900065 ; 9781646900060 

Summary: When will the world end? With Foxworth, a massive comet, hurtling toward Earth, humanity now knows the exact date. Seventeen-year-old Simon wants to spend his last weeks with the people he cares about most, especially his goal-oriented swimmer ex-girlfriend, Tilda, who dumped him shortly after the news broke. Since Lucinda was diagnosed with cancer she’s, retreated into herself preparing for the inevitable. Suddenly facing down a death that makes her the same as everyone else, she longs to connect again but doesn’t quite know where to start. Reaching out to her former best friend Tilda seems like a good first step. Then Tilda is found dead and accusations start circling that Simon is the killer. As the days tick down, Simon and Lucinda only want to know the truth, but the more they uncover the final days of the girl they both cared for deeply, the clearer the things that really matter become. Probing the question How would you spend your last days if you knew exactly when they’d run out? The End is a taut and riveting pre-apocalyptic thriller underpinned with sharp social commentary, that blends the urgency of Neal and Jarrod Shusterman’s Dry with the dark tension of Courtney Summer’s Sadie. 

Available: https://www.amazon.com/End-Mats-Strandberg/dp/1646900065/

Proud of me

 

Proud of me 

by Sarah Hagger-Holt 

Language: English 

London : Usborne Publishing Ltd., 2021. 

1 volume ; 20 cm. 

ISBN: 9781474966245 ; 1474966241 

Summary: Becky and Josh are almost-twins, with two mums and the same anonymous donor dad. Josh can't wait until he's eighteen, the legal age when he can finally contact his donor, and he'll do anything to find out more - even if it involves lying. Becky can't stop thinking about her new friend, Carli. Could her feelings for Carli be a sign of something more? Becky and Josh both want their parents to be proud of them...but right now, they're struggling to even accept themselves. 

Available: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Proud-Me-Sarah-Hagger-Holt/dp/1474966241/

The people we choose

 

The people we choose 

by Katelyn Detweiler 

Language: English 

New York : Holiday House, [2021]. 

304 p. : cm. 

ISBN: 9780823446643 ; 0823446646 

Summary: When Calliope Silversmith meets her new neighbor Max, their chemistry is instantaneous, but the revelation of her biological father's identity throws her whole life into disarray. Calliope Silversmith has always had just two friends in her small Pennsylvania town, Ginger and Noah, and she's fine with that. She's never wanted anything more than her best friends, her moms, their house in the woods, and their family-run yoga studio--except maybe knowing who her sperm donor is. Her curiosity has been building for years, and she can finally find out this summer when she turns eighteen. But when Max and his family move into the sad old house across the woods from Calliope, she realizes it's nice to get to know someone new, so nice that she decides to break her no dating rule. The stability of her longtime trio wavers as she and Max start to spend more and more time together. When Calliope finally finds out who her sperm donor is, she learns a truth more shocking and unfathomable than she could have ever dreamed: her donor is Max's father. How is this even possible? As she and Max struggle to redefine their friendship, Calliope realizes that she can turn a horrific situation into something positive by recognizing and accepting that family is both the one we are born into and the one we choose to make. 

Available: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0823446646/

Hollys Hav

Hollys Hav 
by Lone Elmstedt Bild 
Language: Danish 
Høst & Søn : [sælges på internettet], 2019. 
p. : cm. 
ISBN: 9788763865050 ; 876386505X 
Summary: Hollys Hav er en roman om Ydre og Indre forandringer, om den første forelskelse, om venskaber, identitet, ensomhed, og om hvad det vil sige at være en familie. Da Hollys mor fortæller, at hun er gravid med en anden mand, og at Hollys fartter, bliver der vendt op og ned ned Hollys tilværelse. Hollys far er ikke hendes biologisk far, og Holly bliver i tvivl, om han så stadig er hendes far, når han ikke bor der mere. På trods af et nyt Akvarium og en spirende forelskelse bliver 13-årige Holly mere og mere forvirret og trist. 
Available: https://www.adlibris.com/fi/kirja/hollys-hav-9788763865050

Mes origines : Une affaire d'état

Mes origines : une affaire d'état 
by Audrey Kermalvezen 
Language: French 
Paris : Max Milo, [2014]. ©2014. 
360 pages ; 21 cm. 
ISBN: 9782315005079 ; 2315005078 
Available: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/2315005078/