I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This

I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This
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Synopsis

RL 4.4

Twelve-year-old Marie is a leader among the popular black girls in Chauncey, Ohio. She isn't looking for a friend when Lena Bright, a white girl, appears in school. Yet they are drawn together 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.

Copyright:
1994 Jacqueline Woodson

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ISBN-13:
9780440219606
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Language:
English
Categories:
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family,
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