Finding Miracles

Name: Finding Miracles
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Julia Alvarez
ISBN: 9781400090495

Author: Julia Alvarez

Narrator: Daphne Rubin-Vega

Unabridged: 6 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Listening Library

Published: 10/12/2004

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Hispanic & Latino, Social Themes, Family

Synopsis

MILLY KAUFMAN IS an ordinary American teenager living in Vermont—until she meets Pablo, a new student at her high school. His exotic accent, strange fashion sense, and intense interest in Milly force her to confront her identity as an adopted child from Pablo’s native country. As their relationship grows, Milly decides to undertake a courageous journey to her homeland and along the way discovers the story of her birth is intertwined with the story of a country recovering from a brutal history.

Beautifully written by reknowned author Julia Alvarez, Finding Miracles examines the emotional complexity of familial relationships and the miracles of everyday life.

About The Author

Julia Alvarez has written three other books for young readers, The Secret Footprints, a picture book; How Tía Lola Came to (Visit) Stay, a middle-grade novel; and Before We Were Free, a young adult novel. She is a writer-in-residence at Middlebury College and lives in Vermont.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ellen Gail on April 27, 2017

DNF at somewhere around the halfway mark? I honestly can't be bothered to look it up and see what chapter I got to, and that tells you a lot about my interest right there. So this was a buddy-read with my gal TL, my very first Goodreads one! And we both ended up DNFing lol! Great minds abandon books......more

Goodreads review by Anindita ლ on January 13, 2023

The incredibly charming journey of a girl who was adopted and reared in the US, who confronts her uneasiness and worries around her unidentified origins. Unfortunately, I didn't really enjoy this book. Actually, this book does a fantastic job of addressing the tension that many adoptees experience wh......more

Goodreads review by Anna on November 17, 2012

I liked the first part of this book a whole lot more than I ended up liking the second half. The beginning was strong and I really liked the way that Millie's character was developed, along with the whole mystery aspect of who her parents are. I liked how Pablo came into her life and I enjoyed specu......more

Goodreads review by Victoria on August 26, 2023

Despite reading some absolute tomes earlier on, this book is one of my bigger accomplishments this year. Had to renew it 4 times from the library because it took so long, but I’m proud to say I finished it. I will research the difficulty level of the book much more diligently next time I want to rea......more

Goodreads review by Maria on March 30, 2017

"Finding Miracles" is a book about a 15 years old teenager girl that was adopted from Latin America trying to find herself. Milly Milagros Kaufman has two identities. She is Milly, a girl that has been living in Vermont for most of her life with her adoptive parents. She is also Milagros an abandone......more

Awards

Texas TAYSHAS High School Reading List