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Sugiura, Misa

It's Not like It's a Secret

394 pp. | HarperTeen | May, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-247341-7 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-06-247343-1
(4) YA After moving from a mostly white Midwest town to a multiethnic California suburb, Sana, the daughter of Japanese immigrants, expands her horizons and struggles with coming out amid expectations and assumptions by family, friends, and new girlfriend Jamie. Compelling, finely drawn themes of secrets and belonging permeate this ambitious debut, but some of the stereotypes Sana voices about Jamie's Latino friends aren't adequately unpacked.
Reviewer: Claire E. Gross

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