I Hadn't Meant To Tell You This
                        
                     
                                            
                            
                                                                by Jacqueline Woodson
                                                                
                                    2020-11-24 08:00:52
                                
                                
                             
                         
                                     
                
                    I Hadn't Meant To Tell You This
                                            
                                                            by Jacqueline Woodson
                                                        
                                2020-11-24 08:00:52
                            
                            
                         
                                        
                                                                                                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 t...
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                                                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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