Skip to main content
  • Hoopla logo
  • Browse
  • My Hoopla
  • Log In
Books, videos, and music - all free from your public library!
LoginSign Up

Footer

Hoopla logo, Go to homepage
  • For Patrons
  • For Libraries (opens in new window)
  • For Vendors (opens in new window)
  • Facebook (opens in new window)
  • X (opens in new window)
  • Instagram (opens in new window)
  • YouTube (opens in new window)
  • TikTok (opens in new window)
  • LinkedIn (opens in new window)

Our Company

  • Our Story
  • Get Hoopla for your Library (opens in new window)
  • Get your content on hoopla (opens in new window)
  • Join our team (opens in new window)
  • Accessibility Statement

Our Content

  • Audiobooks
  • Ebooks
  • Movies
  • Television
  • Comics
  • BingePasses
  • Music
  • The Loop Blog

Help

  • Help Center
  • Submit Feedback
  • Facebook (opens in new window)
  • X (opens in new window)
  • Instagram (opens in new window)
  • YouTube (opens in new window)
  • TikTok (opens in new window)
  • LinkedIn (opens in new window)
  • Download on the App Store (opens in new window)
  • Get it on Google Play (opens in new window)
  • Available at Amazon Appstore (opens in new window)
© 2026 Midwest Tape, LLC. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms of Use
  1. Navigate Home
  2. Ebooks
  3. The How & the Why

EBOOK

The How & the Why

Cynthia Hand
4.4
(36)
sign up
Pages
464
Year
2019
Language
English
Publisher
HarperCollins

About

Cassandra McMurtrey has the best parents a girl could ask for; they’ve given Cass a life she wouldn’t trade for the world. She has everything she needs—but she has questions, too. Like, to know who she is. Where she came from. Questions her adoptive parents can’t answer, no matter how much they love her.

But eighteen years ago, someone wrote Cass a series of letters. And they may just hold the answers Cass has been searching for.
Alternating between Cass’s search for answers and letters from the pregnant teen who placed her for adoption, this emotionally resonant narrative is the perfect read for fans of Nina LaCour and Jandy Nelson.

Related Subjects

  • Epistolary (Letters, Diaries, etc.)
  • Young Adult Fiction
  • Girls & Women
  • Adoption
  • Family
  • General
  • Social Themes
  • Parents

Extended Details

  • ATOSGrade Level 4.2
  • Interest LevelsUG
  • LexileHL590L

Artists

Cynthia HandAuthor

Similar Artists

  • Anne Blankman

  • Becca Fitzpatrick

  • Brodi Ashton

  • Jasmine Warga

  • Jennifer L. Armentrout

  • L. A. Weatherly

  • Tahereh Mafi

  • Victoria Aveyard

  • Wendy Higgins

  • Wendy Spinale