It's Not Like It's a Secret

Sugiura, M.
Sixteen-year-old Japanese American Sana moves from Wisconsin to California, taking with her many secrets. She makes friends at a new school and pursues Jaime, her love interest. Soon, though, her secrets have an effect on her relationships with family and friends and Sana must find the courage to replace the secrets—even the most sensitive—with openness, honesty, and trust. This engaging, relatable novel for senior students explores themes of identity and belonging, family and friendships, truths and secrets, gender equality, race and racism, and privilege. Suitable for independent or guided novel study, to launch discussions, and to inspire creative writing activities. Social considerations noted; teacher pre-view recommended.
Collections:
LGBTQ, Novel
Subject:
English Language Arts
Grades:
  • 10-11

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