I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This
Twelve-year-old Marie is one of the popular girls in the prosperous black suburb. She’s not looking for a friend when Lena Bright, a white girl, appears in school. But the two girls are drawn to each other. You see, both Lena and Marie have lost their mothers. On top of that, Marie soon learns...
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Twelve-year-old Marie is one of the popular girls in the prosperous black suburb. She’s not looking for a friend when Lena Bright, a white girl, appears in school. But the two girls are drawn to each other. You see, both Lena and Marie have lost their mothers. On top of that, Marie soon learns that Lena has a terrifying secret. Marie wants to help, but is it better to keep Lena’s secret, or to tell it? Their friendship—and Lena’s survival— may depend on her decision.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780142405550 (0142405558)
Publish date: June 8th 2006
Publisher: Speak
Pages no: 128
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Teen,
Academic,
Cultural,
Read For School,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Adult,
African American,
Coming Of Age,
Sociology,
Abuse
This is a quiet little book, almost all atmosphere and character, just a smidgeon of plot. Marie is black, and in Chauncey, that makes her part of the majority. Lena is new to town. She's white, she's dirty, she's poor, and for some reason, maybe the fact that neither of them has a mother, Marie ...
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