It's Not Like It's a Secret

Name: It's Not Like It's a Secret
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Misa Sugiura
ISBN: 9780062682765

Author: Misa Sugiura

Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller

Unabridged: 10 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 05/09/2017

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Social Themes, Lgbtq+

Synopsis

""Well-paced, brimming with drama, and utterly vital.""—Kirkus (starred review)This charming and bittersweet coming-of-age story featuring two girls of color falling in love is part To All the Boys I've Loved Before and part Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda. Winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature!Sixteen-year-old Sana Kiyohara has too many secrets. Some are small, like how it bothers her when her friends don’t invite her to parties. Some are big, like the fact that her father may be having an affair. And then there’s the one that she can barely even admit to herself—the one about how she might have a crush on her best friend.

When Sana and her family move to California, she begins to wonder if it’s finally time for some honesty, especially after she meets Jamie Ramirez. Jamie is beautiful and smart and unlike anyone Sana’s ever known. There are just a few problems: Sana's new friends don't trust Jamie's crowd; Jamie's friends clearly don't want her around anyway; and a sweet guy named Caleb seems to have more-than-friendly feelings for her. Meanwhile, her dad’s affair is becoming too obvious to ignore.

Sana always figured that the hardest thing would be to tell people that she wants to date a girl, but as she quickly learns, telling the truth is easy…what comes after it, though, is a whole lot more complicated.

About Misa Sugiura

Misa Sugiura’s ancestors include a poet, a priestess, a samurai, and a stowaway. Her first novel, It’s Not Like It’s a Secret, was the winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for YA Literature. Her second novel, This Time Will Be Different, was the HarperCollins Children's Books Lead Read. Misa lives under a giant oak tree in Silicon Valley with her husband, two sons, and three cats. Visit her online at www.misasugiura.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Elle on May 16, 2017

This is maybe the most disappointing book I read this year. Cute contemporary, romance between two girls, ownvoices racial rep... yeah, it sounded great to me too. But I had so many issues with this book. THE GOOD + The first half is genuinely really cute! I actually loved the first half. Jamie and......more

Goodreads review by emma on June 17, 2021

Do you ever start a book a lot of people hated and you're like I don't get it! This is good! And then slowly, increasingly, over the course of hundreds of pages, it's like..."oh. I understand." Is that relatable? That's me and this book. Just hundreds of pages of this: This started out, well, fine. Norm......more

Goodreads review by Laura on July 30, 2018

I made the mistake of thinking this was just a contemporary romance between two girls, but it actually has a lot more to the story. Racism being the most common theme throughout. There is racism from one POC to another, which is not often portrayed. Because of these themes, racism is very present an......more

Goodreads review by Aine on January 17, 2018

This is one of those books that I go into so excited and then come out of feeling kind of betrayed. It feels like it should have been an amazing book, but there were problems. So. Many. Problems. The Good: -I mean, it's a a gay romance (yay!) with two non-white characters (YAY!), with actual supporti......more

Goodreads review by Jasmine on April 04, 2017

About: It’s Not Like It’s a Secret is a fiction novel written by Misa Sugiura. It will be published on 5/9/17 by Harper Teen, 400 pages. The genres are GLBT, Young Adult Fiction, Contemporary, and Romance. This book is intended for readers ages 13 and up, grades 8 and up. My Experience: I started rea......more