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.
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.
Details
| Title: It’s Not Like It’s A Secret |
| Author: Misa Sugiura |
| ISBN: 9780060000000 |
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| Genre: Award Winner; Romance; YA Fiction (Young Adult); Chicana/Latina/Latinx Interest; Coming Out; Asian Interest; Family |
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| Publication Date: 42864 |
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| Publisher: HarperCollins |
| Language: English |
| Format: Hardcover |
| Pages: 400 |
| Rating: Great |
| Notes: Winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature, 2018 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2018 Rainbow Book List, Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2017 |
| Book_ID: 102493 |