Told in alternating points of view, Far from the Tree follows three teens with complicated relationships to their origin stories. This is a poignant and powerful tale about three adopted teens separated by circumstance but brought together in love.

The book is likely to be particularly emotional for teens who've experienced adoption or foster care, but it's a good choice for all teens who appreciate realistic fiction. There are also a few references to sex (and the consequences of unprotected sex), virginity, and romantic experience, but it's not graphic or inappropriate. Language depends on the chapter but occasionally includes 'f-k,' 's-t,' 'a-hole,' 'd-k,' etc. Told from all three of their perspectives, the book highlights some heavy issues, such as teen pregnancy, foster care abuses, adoption, alcoholism, divorce, and trauma. Poignant and uplifting, the novel shows how the three newly acquainted siblings bond and feel in their respective home lives. It's a realistic, contemporary novel about three adopted or foster-parented teens who discover that they're half-siblings and ultimately decide to look for their biological mother. (Oct.Parents need to know that Robin Benway's Far from the Tree is the 2017 National Book Award winner for Young People's Literature. Writing in a shifting third-person narrative that is both nonjudgmental and deeply empathetic, Benway ( Emmy & Oliver) delves into the souls of these characters as they wrestle to overcome feelings of inadequacy, abandonment, and betrayal, gradually coming to understand themselves and each other. Maya’s home life has become chaotic due to fights and alcohol abuse, and Grace knows firsthand how difficult it is to put a baby up for adoption. Joaquin’s childhood has not been as happy as Grace’s has been, and his deep-rooted fears are affecting his current relationships. During subsequent visits, they discover the things they have in common, as well as some painful secrets. Her open-minded adoptive parents support a reunion, and the siblings’ initial meeting is a success.

Grace, who has always known she was adopted, first learns of her brother, Joaquin, and sister, Maya, while unsuccessfully searching for her birth mother during a tumultuous junior year.

In an equally heartwarming and heart-wrenching story, three siblings separated in infancy find each other as teens.

Far from the tree book by robin benway