Brittany Thompson is 17 years old and a senior at Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School in Franklin, MA. She lives in Medfield, MA with her mom and spends a lot of time with her dad. She has an older brother, Eric who lives in Manhattan. She is currently studying Early Education and hopes to pursue a career as a special education teacher after she graduates from college. In this book, she is talking about her personal experience because she was adopted.