I Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This
by Jacqueline Woodson
Publication Date: Nov 11, 2010
List Price: $7.99
Format: Paperback, 144 pages
Classification: Fiction
Target Age Group: Young Adult
ISBN13: 9780142417041
Imprint: Puffin Books
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
Paperback Description:
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.
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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