The Secrets We Keep by Cassie Gustafson (English) Hardcover Book

Description: The Secrets We Keep by Cassie Gustafson "Told in flashbacks, dark fairytales, and present-day prose, fourteen-year-old Emma, whose best friend has accused her father of heinous crimes, must testify against her friends word, and her carefully constructed truths about what she may or may not have witnessed between father and friend start to crumble."-- FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "Visceral...a vital, heart-wrenching account of one teens harrowing experience." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) In the vein of The Way I Used to Be and Kelly Loy Gilberts Conviction, this "exceedingly well-written, powerful, and suspenseful" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) young adult novel follows a girls struggle to reconcile friendship, sexual abuse, and the secrets we bury deep down inside to survive. High school freshman Emma Clark harbors a secret--a secret so vile it could implode her whole world, a secret shes managed to keep buried...until the day her best friend, Hannah, accuses Emmas father of a heinous crime. Following her fathers arrest and torn between loyalty to Hannah and to her family, Emma is devastated to learn she must testify against Hannahs word in order to keep her family together. As Emma wrestles with this impossible decision, her fractured past begins to resurface piece by painful piece--causing the line to blur between her present-day reality and the dark fairy tales she writes to survive, all of which threaten to expose Emmas long-buried truths. The Secrets We Keep explores the complex, powerful bonds of friendship and family, asking the difficult question: At what point does Emmas loyalty to another become a betrayal of herself? And perhaps the toughest question of all: Can Emma find the strength to finally unbury her secret? Author Biography Cassie Gustafson hails from Northern California and majored in words, earning a dual-BA in comparative literature and Spanish at the University of California, Santa Barbara, an MA in English literature at Cal State Fullerton, and an MFA in writing for young adults at Hollins University. Before finding her way to writing, she served high tea at a five-star B&B, tended plants in a lavender greenhouse, nannied, and taught preschool. Cassie enjoys ping-ponging around the globe with her adventurous pilot husband and their fluffy black kitty. Depending on the day, you may find her working on her next novel or toppling over in a yoga class somewhere. Cassies work has garnered the PEN New England Susan P. Bloom Discovery Award, the Shirley Henn Creative Writing Award, and the Ruth Landers Glass Scholarship. Visit her at CassieGustafson.com. Review Emma, caught between her love of her friend Hannah and the demands of her father to lie about the abuse, is a sensitive yet strong character who, with the help of a psychologist, finds her voice. Hannah, also an impressive and brave protagonist, believes that Emma is the victim of incest and wants to protect both herself and her friend. The writing is solid, and while not graphic, presents an easily understood picture...[a] much-needed book and an important purchase.--School Library Journal, starred review* "An exceedingly well-written, powerful, and suspenseful novel that lights the path toward truthfulness and healing."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review* "Attentively tackling themes of self-harm, sexual violence, and suicidal ideation, Gustafson (After the Ink Dries) delivers a gut-wrenching account of high schooler Emmas struggle to parse her own feelings after her father is accused of sexually assaulting her best friend...the narratives dark climax and Gustafsons visceral prose dont shy away from the inherent trauma surrounding sexual assault, making for a vital, heart-wrenching account of one teens harrowing experience."--Publishers Weekly, starred review Review Quote * "Attentively tackling themes of self-harm, sexual violence, and suicidal ideation, Gustafson ( After the Ink Dries ) delivers a gut-wrenching account of high schooler Emmas struggle to parse her own feelings after her father is accused of sexually assaulting her best friend...the narratives dark climax and Gustafsons visceral prose dont shy away from the inherent trauma surrounding sexual assault, making for a vital, heart-wrenching account of one teens harrowing experience." Excerpt from Book 1. You Remember the Beginning You remember the beginning You remember your childhood as remarkably unremarkable. Though you lived in a big city, you were educated at home by your mother, so youd grown up a bit sheltered and socially awkward. Then, on the verge of adolescence, you remember the day a scandal drove you and your family from San Francisco up to rural Oregon and a town called Prosper. There, in the vastly different landscape of small-town public school, you did not fit in with your new classmates, possessing neither the right surname nor the code to unlocking the secrets of local etiquette--or so your peers were quick to inform you. You remember how, for two long years, your only friendship came in the form of the countless fairy tales you devoured, all the while convincing yourself that you preferred the company of bound books to that of your schoolmates anyway. Thus, your life remained remarkably unremarkable... Until several weeks into high school, when new girl Hannah Garber--older, bolder, unapologetic--blew into your life. You remember that, despite the twelve months and grade level separating you two, your connection with Hannah was immediate and fierce, outsiders united. At long last, you had a true friend alongside whom to navigate all the beauty and cruelties of the world, a kindred soul so entwined with your own, it was as if you had both spent the whole of your lives searching for each other. You remember strolling the high school courtyard arm in arm like royalty, ignoring the pitiful murmurs that had once dragged you down, all while vowing to each other--through bonds of breath and blood--that your friendship would last forever. Forever , you whisper-promised. Forever . And you remember that, for much of that first year in each others company, this was how it remained: twin souls cultivating a remarkably remarkable coexistence together, both of you unwavering in your certainty that nothing could tear you apart. Until the day everything changed. Details ISBN1665906944 Author Cassie Gustafson Pages 352 Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 1665906944 ISBN-13 9781665906944 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2022-11-08 Audience Age 13-17 Publisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Imprint Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers DEWEY FIC Audience Teenage / Young adult We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:139555031;

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