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      I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This

      by Jacqueline Woodson
      Published
      Apr 1994
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
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      128
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      Related Books - 2 Book 1

      About This Book

      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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      General Fiction

      Age Level

      Kids (12 & Under) Kids: Middle Grade Young Adult / Teens

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