The Girl in the Mirror

Lizzie McLane, the adopted poet-heroine of the widely acclaimed , is now a high school senior, excited about her future: meeting boys, college, and finally finding her birthmother. Then, on the day a letter from her adoption agency arrives, her adoptive father unexpectedly dies. Lizzie, lost in grief, turns to alcohol and the wrong kind of friends, and her life begins to spiral out of control. Loved ones try to help, but only in her poems and journals can Lizzie make sense of the hurt and her relentless curiosity about her birthmother. is a story about love and identity—brave, vulnerable, and compelling.

• ISBN: 9780892553853, 0892553855
• Author: Meg Kearney