As the daughter of a prominent momfluencer, Miracle Gray has been internet famous since before she was born. Now a teenager, Mira would much rather disappear into the background with her sketchbook but when her mom accidentally partners with a homophobic brand, Mira is publicly outed as gay in the aftermath, and must become the main character in their new branding narrative of Super Proud Queer Family in order to keep their income from collapsing.

This includes joining her high school’s Gender & Sexuality Alliance and posting about it online, something she rightly assumes the other students – especially her nemesis, Hailey – won’t be happy about. But as they slowly embrace her as one of their own and the ice between her and Hailey turns to fireworks, Mira sees what her life could be like if it wasn’t all fodder for content.

So, when another humiliating video goes mega-viral and her mom reveals her plans to involve the family in a docu-series that will eradicate any privacy Mira’s clung onto, she must find the courage to stand up for herself and all the kids like her by suing her mother for control of her life both online and off.

Propulsive and thought-provoking, I Don’t Belong to You confronts the dark side of influencer culture and asks: Do children have a right to their own autonomy?

Publication

US: Norton Young Readers