Interest Level
Grades 6 - 8
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 5.9
Lexile Measure®: 740L
DRA: Not Available
Guided Reading: NR
Genre
- Realistic Fiction
Theme/Subject
- Death, Grief, Loss
- Abuse
- Parents
- African American
- Friends and Friendship
Sensitivity
- Adult Content
Reading Quiz Programs
About This Book
In this Coretta Scott King Honor Book, 12-year-old Marie is African American. She befriends Lena, a white girl, because both have lost their mothers. Lena has a terrifying secret, and Marie must decide if she can help Lena more by keeping her secret — or by telling it.About the Authors or Illustrators
Jacqueline Woodson an award-winning author of books for young adults, including Last Summer With Maizon, I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This, and From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun.
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