I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This

About this book

Twelve-year-old Marie is a leader among the popular black girls in Chauncey Ohio a prosperous black suburb. She isnt 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 shes 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. From the Paperback edition.