Finding Miracles

Over MEA break I read Finding Miracles by Julia Alvarez. Finding Miracles is about a girl who was adopted. In English class she is told to write a story about her life. She writes about a girl who gets an itchy rash on her hands when she thinks about where she came from or belonging to her family. When a new guy comes to school, she finds out that he is from the same country that she was born in. These two thing make Milly want to learn more about where she is from. When the Bolivars decide to take a trip back home, Milly is invited to go along. On the trip, Milly learns about possible families that she may have belonged to. At the same she gets close to Pablo. Finding Miracles is similar to Animal Dreams in the sense that the main character is on a journey to find herself. Like Codi, Milly has to find a sense of belonging and being needed to truly find herself.