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Black Cherokee : a novel / by Downing, Antonio Michael,1975-author.;
"Ophelia Blue Rivers is the specificity of her circumstance. She's not just mixed in American binary sense of being a racial amalgamation of two races; she's a trinity of the three distinct racial identities that make up the identity politics of this continent. She's Part Black, White, and Indigenous (Native American), raised by her grandmother who is a Black descendent of the Cherokee freedmen. A history as rich as it is complicated, Cherokee freedmen were formerly enslaved Africans once owned by Cherokee elites. After Emancipation as well as the Trail of Tears, these former slaves were freed but their belonging to the Cherokee nation remained a point of controversy. Can people who once belonged to another people who were displaced claim birthright to that heritage? A novel in contemporary 1990s South Carolina, Antonio Michael Downing uses Ophelia's search for home and family to dramatize what it means to belong to a people when the terms of that belonging come at such a high price."--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Belonging (Social psychology); Families; Identity (Psychology); Multiracial people;

Deep cuts : a novel / by Brickley, Holly,author.;
"For anyone who loved High Fidelity and wants a woman's perspective on the early aughts music scene, Deep Cuts is both a love story between two people whose timing is always off, and a love letter to the thing that moves all of us-music"--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Belonging (Social psychology); Composers; Man-woman relationships; Music;

Once we were home / by Rosner, Jennifer,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."From Jennifer Rosner comes a novel based on the true stories of children stolen in the wake of World War II. Ana will never forget her mother's face when she and her baby brother, Oskar, were sent out of their Polish ghetto and into the arms of a Christian friend. For Oskar, though, their new family is the only one he remembers. When a woman from a Jewish reclamation organization seizes them, believing she has their best interest at heart, Ana sees an opportunity to reconnect with her roots, while Oskar sees only the loss of the home he loves. Roger grows up in a monastery in France, inventing stories and trading riddles with his best friend in a life of quiet concealment. When a relative seeks to retrieve him, the Church steals him across the Pyrenees before relinquishing him to family in Jerusalem. Renata, a post-graduate student in archaeology, has spent her life unearthing secrets from the past--except for her own. After her mother's death, Renata's grief is entwined with all the questions her mother left unanswered, including why they fled Germany so quickly when Renata was a little girl. Two decades later, they are each building lives for themselves, trying to move on from the trauma and loss that haunts them. But as their stories converge in Israel, in unexpected ways, they must each ask where and to whom they truly belong."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Belonging (Social psychology); Holocaust survivors; World War, 1939-1945;

Oddbird's chosen family / by Desierto, Derek.;
Oddbird has always been on his own. And he's managed pretty well. But that's changing -- now, he wishes for a family. When Oddbird's friends plan a big surprise for him, he realizes he's surrounded by those who accept and care for him. All families don't look the same, and sometimes the families we choose are where we belong.
Subjects: Picture books.; Animal fiction.; Birds; Families; Friendship; Belonging (Social psychology);

Pebbles to the sea / by Arsenault, Marie-Andrée,1985-; Tanaka, Shelley.; Leroux, Dominique.;
Flo and Fée straddle their parents' worlds. They hear a noise and see a stone arc across the sky. Henri's giant slingshot, surely. They decide to visit him, but first the pianist and artist.LSC
Subjects: Belonging (Social psychology); Friendship; Children of separated parents;

Where Oliver fits / by Atkinson, Cale.;
Oliver has always dreamed about where he will fit. But when he finally goes in search of his perfect place, he discovers that finding where he belongs is harder than he thought.LSC
Subjects: Jigsaw puzzles; Social acceptance; Belonging (Social psychology); Self-acceptance;

The family tree / by Dixon, Sean.; Snowden-Fine, Lily.;
A young girl struggles with being without a family history when she is asked to fill out her family tree for school.LSC
Subjects: Genealogy; Adopted children; Families; Belonging (Social psychology);

The peddler of puddles / by Ferry, Beth.; Lichtenheld, Tom.;
"A friendly puddle maker is so accustomed to creating habitats for others that he overlooks his own longing for belonging."--Ages 4-8.
Subjects: Animal fiction.; Picture books.; Turtles; Puddles; Belonging (Social psychology); Habitat (Ecology);

Howard B. Wigglebottom blends in like chameleons : a fable about belonging / by Binkow, Howard.; Cornelison, Sue.;
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Subjects: Wigglebottom, Howard B. (Fictitious character); Rabbits; Belonging (Social psychology);
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Hide and seek / by Mlynowski, Sarah.; Myracle, Lauren,1969-; Jenkins, Emily,1967-;
Nory and her best friends are forced to relocate to prestigious Sage Academy after a flood. Nory doesn't feel like she fits in at the academy, and she has to figure out where she belongs.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Magic; Belonging (Social psychology); Friendship; Shapeshifting; Schools; Floods;

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