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Finding Family

by Kamilah Haywood

Finding belonging beyond home

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Finding belonging beyond home

Trey’s move from suburban family life into the city’s LGBTQ+ community frames a story about rejection, connection, and self-discovery. At eighteen, he is navigating queer identity alongside new friendships and romance, while the contrast between his Jamaican-origin family and the community he finds brings questions of belonging into focus. The book’s central idea is that family can include people who offer acceptance and support, not only relatives by blood.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in stories about queer identity and self-discovery.
  • Readers looking for fiction about chosen family, acceptance, and friendship.
  • Readers interested in a young adult story featuring a Jamaican-origin family and an LGBTQ+ community.

Themes

Queer identityChosen familyBelonging and acceptanceFriendship and romance

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Book overview

Unwelcome at home, eighteen-year-old Trey starts a new life in the city, navigating new feelings, a new environment, and new friendships.

Trey leaves behind a life of rejection by his Jamaican-origin family in the suburbs and finds a new community in his city's LGBTQ+ scene. As he navigates the complexities of queer identity, romance, and self-discovery, Trey learns that family isn't always defined by blood but by those who choose to accept and support you.

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