The Search for Us by Susan Azim Boyer

A sharp-witted and illuminating, impressive sophomore novel." - Isaac
Blum, author of the award-nominated The Life and Crimes of Hoodie
Rosen
Two half-siblings who have never met embark on a search together for
the Iranian immigrant and U.S. Army veteran father they never knew.
Samira Murphy will do anything to keep her fractured family from falling apart,
including caring for her widowed grandmother and getting her older brother
into recovery for alcohol addiction. With attendance at her dream college on
the line, she takes a long shot DNA test to find the support she so desperately
needs from a father she hasn't seen since she was a baby.
Henry Owen is torn between his well-meaning but unreliable bio-mom and his
overly strict aunt and uncle, who stepped in to raise him but don't seem to see
him for who he is. Looking to forge a stronger connection to his own identity,
he takes a DNA test to find the one person who might love him for exactly who
he is - the biological father he never knew.
Instead of a DNA match with their father, Samira and Henry are matched with
each other. They begin to search for their father together and slowly unravel
the difficult truth of their shared past, forming a connection that only siblings
can have and recovering precious parts of their past that have been lost.
Brimming with emotional resonance, The Search for Us beautifully renders
what it means to find your place in the world through the deep and abiding
power of family.

Susan Azim Boyer (she/her), authro of Jasmine Zumideh Needs a Win,
writes young adult fiction featuring Iranian American heroines she *never*
encountered growing up, who make messy, complicated choices that rapidly
snowball into avalanches. She hails from Nebraska but grew up in Los
Angeles before spending several years in San Francisco and the next twenty
in Sonoma County. She now lives in the Coachella Valley with her husband,
Wayne, and her Pug mix, Teddy. Their son, Alec, lives in New York.

St. Martin's Press
On Sale: Oct 24/23
5.38 x 8.25 • 320 pages
9781250833709 • $27.00 • CL - With dust jacket
YA Fic / Coming Of Age • Ages 12-18 years