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It's Not Like It's a Secret
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This charming and bittersweet coming-of-age story is part "To All the Boys I've Loved Before" and part "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda." Winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature, a 2018 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, and a "Kirkus Reviews" Best Book of 2017.
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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 colour 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.
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Misa Sugiura's It's Not Like It's a Secret is praised for its thoughtful exploration of complex themes such as race, immigrant-family dynamics, and queer romance. The novel is well-paced and filled with drama, offering a vital narrative that doesn't prioritise one issue over another. It is celebrated as an essential and delightful coming-of-age story that addresses big topics like adultery and racism while highlighting a teen's journey of self-trust and discovery.
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ISBN: 9780062473424
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 27 December 2018
Country: United States
Imprint: HarperCollins
Audience: Teenage
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 23.0mm
Width: 135.0mm
Height: 203.0mm
Weight: 295g
Pages: 400
About the Author
Misa Sugiura's ancestors include a poet, a priestess, a samurai, and a stowaway. She grew up in Northfield, Illinois (which is less rural than it sounds), and went to college on the East Coast. She lived in Japan for three years before moving to Silicon Valley and becoming a high school English teacher. She is also the author of It's Not Like It's a Secret. Misa lives under a giant oak tree with her husband, two sons, two cats, and a gray-banded king snake.
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