I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This
Twelve-year-old Marie is a leader among the popular black girls in Chauncey, Ohio, a prosperous black suburb. She isn't looking for a friend when Lena Bright, a white girl, appears in school. Yet they are drawn to each other because both have lost their mothers. And they know how to keep a...
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Twelve-year-old Marie is a leader among the popular black girls in Chauncey, Ohio, a prosperous black suburb. She isn't looking for a friend when Lena Bright, a white girl, appears in school. Yet they are drawn to each other because both have lost their mothers. And they know how to keep a secret. For Lena has a secret that is terrifying, and she's desperate to protect herself and her younger sister from their father. Marie must decide whether she can help Lena by keeping her secret...or by telling it.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780440219606 (0440219604)
Publish date: November 1st 1995
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
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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