Looking for Lucie

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?"

It’s 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.

What do you do when you question your entire existence?

You do a DNA test.

Amanda Addison is an award-winning author of books for adults and children. Her books have been shortlisted for the UK Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals' Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal, and the Searchlight Writing Novel Opening Award. Amanda holds an MA in Writing the Visual, lectures in Art & Design, and runs Creative Writing workshops at the National Centre for Writing. Amanda lives in Norfolk, UK, with her family.