https://padlet.com/cle_cbbarnes/roug1rrxxsuv By Robin Benway en-us 2018-12-19 20:38:48 UTC 2018-12-20 17:55:07 UTC hello@padlet.com cle_cbbarnes https://padlet.com/cle_cbbarnes/roug1rrxxsuv/wish/316020409 Far From the Tree is a story about three siblings, Grace, Maya, and Joaquin who, until now , were completely unaware of each others existence. Grace, adopted at birth, got pregnant at age 16, and gave her own baby up for adoption. In the midst of struggling with the loss of her child and, she finds out about Maya, her younger sister, and Joaquin, here older brother. She decides to reach out to them. Maya, adopted at birth, lives in a family where she doesn't feel like she belongs. Her mother and father are constantly fighting, and her mothers drinking becomes out of  control. Unable to relate to her sister, she confides in her girlfriend, Claire. Joaquin,  the oldest, has struggled his whole life going from foster home to foster home. Now he is living with Linda and Mark, who want to adopt him, but he doesn't know if he trusts himself to not mess it all up. After a string of self sabotage, specifically with his ex girlfriend, Birdie, he doesn't think he is good enough for anyone. Together these three siblings help each other through growing up in three very different situations, and along the way try and find their mysterious birth mother. ]]> 2018-12-19 20:41:44 UTC https://padlet.com/cle_cbbarnes/roug1rrxxsuv/wish/316020409 cle_cbbarnes https://padlet.com/cle_cbbarnes/roug1rrxxsuv/wish/316022864 Realistic Fiction
Difficulty level: 2/5
3.5/5 stars :)]]> 2018-12-19 20:52:50 UTC https://padlet.com/cle_cbbarnes/roug1rrxxsuv/wish/316022864 cle_cbbarnes https://padlet.com/cle_cbbarnes/roug1rrxxsuv/wish/316025724 2018-12-19 21:06:37 UTC https://padlet.com/cle_cbbarnes/roug1rrxxsuv/wish/316025724 cle_cbbarnes https://padlet.com/cle_cbbarnes/roug1rrxxsuv/wish/316236539 Age: 16
White
Usual student but took time off to recover from her pregnancy
secretive, nervous, angry, loyal
Siblings are Joaquin and Maya]]> 2018-12-20 17:38:56 UTC https://padlet.com/cle_cbbarnes/roug1rrxxsuv/wish/316236539 cle_cbbarnes https://padlet.com/cle_cbbarnes/roug1rrxxsuv/wish/316237782 Age: 15
Student
White
Gay
talkative, rude, funny, short tempered, stubborn
Siblings are Joaquin, Grace, and her non bio sister, Lauren]]> 2018-12-20 17:42:44 UTC https://padlet.com/cle_cbbarnes/roug1rrxxsuv/wish/316237782 cle_cbbarnes https://padlet.com/cle_cbbarnes/roug1rrxxsuv/wish/316238753 Age: 17
Mexican and white
Student
Works at art center
stoic, independent, self destructive, wary, protective
Siblings are Maya and Grace]]> 2018-12-20 17:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/cle_cbbarnes/roug1rrxxsuv/wish/316238753 cle_cbbarnes https://padlet.com/cle_cbbarnes/roug1rrxxsuv/wish/316240916 “The older she [Maya] got, the more human her parents seemed, and that was one of the scariest things in the world. She missed being little, when they were the all-knowing gods of her world, but at the same time, seeing them as human made it easier to see herself that way, too.”
― Robin Benway, Far from the Tree]]> 2018-12-20 17:52:15 UTC https://padlet.com/cle_cbbarnes/roug1rrxxsuv/wish/316240916