It's Not Like It's a Secret
Books | Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Dating & Sex
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Misa Sugiura
Winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature * 2018 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults * 2018 Rainbow Book List * A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2017"Well-paced, brimming with drama, and utterly vital."—Kirkus (starred review)This charming and bittersweet coming-of-age story featuring two girls of color falling in love is part To All the Boys I've Loved Before and part Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda.Sixteen-year-old Sana Kiyohara has too many secrets. Some are small, like how it bothers her when her friends don’t invite her to parties. Some are big, like the fact that her father may be having an affair. And then there’s the one that she can barely even admit to herself—the one about how she might have a crush on her best friend.When Sana and her family move to California, she begins to wonder if it’s finally time for some honesty, especially after she meets Jamie Ramirez. Jamie is beautiful and smart and unlike anyone Sana’s ever known.There are just a few problems: Sana's new friends don't trust Jamie's crowd; Jamie's friends clearly don't want her around anyway; and a sweet guy named Caleb seems to have more-than-friendly feelings for her. Meanwhile, her dad’s affair is becoming too obvious to ignore.Sana always figured that the hardest thing would be to tell people that she wants to date a girl, but as she quickly learns, telling the truth is easy…what comes after it, though, is a whole lot more complicated.
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Author
Misa Sugiura
Pages
400
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published Date
2017-05-09
ISBN
0062473433 9780062473431
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"“in Japan, the gay can’t be out of the cabinet”<br/><br/><br/><br/>this line made me CACKLE.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>WHEW!! this book was quite the wild ride. i didn’t give it a rating because i honestly don’t know how i feel about it. i honestly don’t think i can squish all of my thoughts into a singular, flat rating.<br/><br/>so let me just tell you everything!!!!!!!!!! :)"
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