The Whole of It

By Sarah Moon

A sensitive coming-of-age story and joyous celebration of identity, found family and acceptance Set against the vibrant backdrop of the world's largest annual gathering of LGBTQ+ parents and their children, heroine Nora secretly plots to meet her donor siblings for the first time--a ripped-from-the-headlines (but often taboo ) topic.

Nora and Lyla don't share any DNA--but they are still sisters in every way. See, the thing is--"Uncle" Jack was Hapa's donor to have Lyla, while Mama used a cryobank sperm donor to add Nora to their family. They've always known love makes a family--but for the first time, Nora can't help but be curious about her genetics. Maybe there are other sisters--and brothers--out there...

So this year, when they go to Provincetown, Massachusetts for Family Week, Nora brings along a big secret. She's been quietly planning to meet her donor siblings--without her parents, or even Lyla, knowing.

But as soon as she meets her half-siblings (affectionately known as her "diblings"), it's clear she won't have a secret for very long. Will she muster the courage to come clean to Lyla and their parents--or will Lyla sniff out the whole story first?

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593899644
• ISBN13: 9780593899649
• Release Date: April 2027
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7