Secret to Belonging by Megan E. Freeman

The Secret to Belonging
by Megan E. Freeman

Genre: Young Adult • Contemporary Fiction in Verse • Coming-of-Age
Age: 12–18 years

💙 Sometimes finding where you belong means finding the courage to start over.

You are invisible in your own family. While your parents devote their attention to your brother’s struggles with addiction, your dreams and future are pushed aside. Then, when your college fund is used for your brother’s rehabilitation, the future you imagined seems to disappear.

Just when everything feels hopeless, an unexpected scholarship offers you the chance to become an exchange student in a remote part of Norway. Far from home, surrounded by unfamiliar places and new people, you have the opportunity to build a life of your own—and perhaps finally discover where you belong.

Written in lush, lyrical verse, this powerful coming-of-age story explores family, resilience, loneliness, love, hope, and the courage to create joy after hardship.