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*SYNC audiobooks are intended for personal use only and may not be copied and distributed under any circumstances.

*Titles in the SYNC program appeal to a wide range of interests, maturity, and ability levels. Please preview the materials to decide if the titles match your personal needs.

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In Search of Us

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This title may be accessed directly from the audiobooksync library in the Sora app. If you have not yet signed up for SYNC do so from our  homepage. Once you have set up Sora be sure to "BORROW" the titles in the app so that you have longterm access to them.

How do I set up Sora?

  1. Download Sora from the  Apple App Store  or  Google Play Store .
  2. Open Sora and tap  I have a setup code  (at the bottom of the screen).
  3. Enter this setup code:  audiobooksync .
  4. Enter the email address you used to register for SYNC.
  5. Tap  Explore  (at the bottom of the screen) to see the week’s featured titles.

I already use Sora for school. How do I add SYNC titles?

If you already use Sora, you’ll need to add the SYNC program’s library. Here are the steps:

  1. In Sora, open the menu (in the top-right corner).
  2. Select  Add a public library .
  3. Search for  audiobooksync  and select the library from the results.
  4. Enter the email address you used to register for SYNC.

Description

by | Read by Adenrele Ojo

Published by Brilliance Audio

This sweeping multi-generational love story introduces readers to mother-and-daughter pair Marilyn and Angie. To seventeen-year-old Angie, who is mixed-race, Marilyn is her hardworking, devoted white single mother. But Marilyn was once young, too.

When Marilyn was seventeen, she fell in love with Angie's father, James, who was African-American. But Angie's never met him, and Marilyn has always told her he died before she was born. When Angie discovers evidence of an uncle she's never met she starts to wonder:

What if her dad is still alive, too? So she sets off on a journey to find him, hitching a ride to LA from her home in New Mexico with her ex-boyfriend, Sam. Along the way, she uncovers some hard truths about herself, her mother, and what truly happened to her father.

"A rare and special book. Part mother-daughter love story, part road trip journey, part compelling mystery, and one hundred percent beautiful, spellbinding tearjerker. I’m in love with every page." ―Jennifer Niven, New York Times-bestselling author of All the Bright Places and Holding Up the Universe

"A masterful work of fiction. Exploring race and mother and daughter relationships, this novel is also one of the most tender and authentic takes on first love that I have ever read." ―Jennifer Mathieu, author of Moxie

AudioFile Review

In Search of Us

Narrator Adenrele Ojo guides listeners on a journey of love, loss, and family as the coming-of-age stories of mother and daughter Marilyn and Angie are told 18 years apart. In the present day, teenaged Angie sets off on a road trip with her ex-boyfriend to look for answers to her mother's past and her African-American roots in California. Ojo taps into the tension as the exes struggle to reconcile their broken relationship while capturing the uncertainty of the mission they are beginning. In a voice reminiscent of Angie's--but wholly unique--Ojo takes listeners back to the '90s as teenaged Marilyn, an aspiring photographer and reluctant actress, begins a romance with her neighbor that ends in a tragedy. The devastation of that event is is heightened by Ojo's emotional commitment to her narration. J.E.C. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine


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