{"id":45776,"date":"2026-08-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/its-not-like-its-a-secret-by-misa-sugiura\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T01:08:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T01:08:27","slug":"its-not-like-its-a-secret-by-misa-sugiura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/its-not-like-its-a-secret-by-misa-sugiura\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Not Like It&#8217;s A Secret by Misa Sugiura"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px;\">\r\n\r\nWinner 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&#8217;Well-paced, brimming with drama, and utterly vital.&#8217; Kirkus (starred review)<br><br>This charming and bittersweet coming-of-age story featuring two girls of color falling in love is part To All the Boys I&#8217;ve Loved Before and part Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda.Sixteen-year-old Sana Kiyohara has too many secrets. 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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&#8217;s new friends don&#8217;t trust Jamie&#8217;s crowd; Jamie&#8217;s friends clearly don&#8217;t want her around anyway; and a sweet guy named Caleb seems to have more-than-friendly feelings for her. 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