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“Vee in Between is a touching, beautifully illustrated book that presents a unique, powerful look at adoption and identity that is both engaging and moving. I think this book can make a big difference in personal and educational settings, encouraging empathy, understanding, and appreciation for our diverse, multicultural world. Highly recommended.”

—Canadian Review of Materials

“In this personal-feeling debut, Kaiyang Wood—drawing from her own experience of transracial adoption—introduces a child protagonist coming to terms with her sense of self.”

—Publishers Weekly

“A lovely and moving story of Vee, who is trying to find a space for herself in between all of her identities…This book is important because it shows that families are all beautiful, diverse and unique. It also addresses a gap centring the topic of transracial adoption in a gentle and age-appropriate way.”

—Rabia Khokhar, Canadian Children’s Book News

Vee in Between

Written by Valerie Kaiyang Wood
Illustrated by Angela Poon
Published by Second Story Press

A tender story of family love and the challenges of feeling in between.

Vee’s favorite bedtime story is the night she met her parents. When Vee was nine months old, they flew to China to bring her home. But when she struggles to keep up in Chinese dance class and a woman at the grocery store makes Vee feel like she doesn’t belong, her white parents don’t always understand. Vee wants to embrace every part of herself, but it’s hard when it feels like she has to choose. With help from another adoptee, can Vee find a way to celebrate being in between?

Primary ISBN: 9781772603101
Publication Date: May 2023
Available As: Hardcover, eBook
Picture Book , Age 06 or older

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Setting: Canada

Character's Place in the Immigration Journey: Immigrant

Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience

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