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Pub date June 23, 2023
ISBN 979-8399310329
Price $19.99 (USD) Hardcover, $2.99 Kindle edition

Oklahoma, 1970s. Thirteen-year-old Daniel Bennett has always wondered about his slightly darker skin tone. When he learns that he was adopted at birth and is part Comanche, he knows he has to learn more about his birth parents, particularly his mother. With the help of his best friend, Jasmine Thornhill’s detective uncle, Daniel manages to locate his birth mother, Karen, who is living hundreds of miles away in the San Francisco Bay Area. Daniel and Jasmine decide to visit Karen, unaware the trip will change their lives forever. Foreman weaves a lighthearted and empathetic account of the complex struggles of bi-racial identity from a child’s perspective, delivering all the philosophical questions with a light touch. Topics like infidelity, divorce, poverty, and cult culture are explored with sensitivity. Daniel’s first-person voice is fresh and humorous, while vivid descriptions capture his and Jasmine’s school and family lives. Daniel is especially endearing, ringing true as a lost, headstrong, determined young boy who struggles with issues of identity and feels like he doesn’t fit in anywhere but eventually discovers friendship, acceptance, and belongingness. Jasmine is equally compelling. Quirky, fun, and smart; an engaging tale of friendship and self-discovery.

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