Looking for Lucie
is a contemporary YA novel that explores identity, self-discovery, and newfound friendship as an 18-year-old girl sets out to uncover her ethnic heritage and family history.
"Where are you
really
from?" is a question every brown girl in a white-washed town is familiar with, and one that Lucie has never been able to answer. All she knows is that her mother is white, she's never met her father, and she looks nothing like the rest of her family. She can’t even talk about it because everyone says it shouldn’t matter!
Well, it matters to Lucie and—with her new friend Nav, who knows exactly who
he
is—she’s determined to find some answers. There's only one way she can get them: she has to take a DNA test.
Inspired by the author's personal journey in uncovering her own ethnic heritage,
raises important discussions around the morals and challenges of DNA testing.