The Secrets We Keep
eBook - ePub

The Secrets We Keep

  1. 352 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Secrets We Keep

About this book

“Visceral…a vital, heart-wrenching account of one teen’s harrowing experience.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

In the vein of The Way I Used to Be and Kelly Loy Gilbert’s Conviction, this “exceedingly well-written, powerful, and suspenseful” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) young adult novel follows a girl’s 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 she’s managed to keep buried…until the day her best friend, Hannah, accuses Emma’s father of a heinous crime.

Following her father’s arrest and torn between loyalty to Hannah and to her family, Emma is devastated to learn she must testify against Hannah’s 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 Emma’s long-buried truths.

The Secrets We Keep explores the complex, powerful bonds of friendship and family, asking the difficult question: At what point does Emma’s 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?

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. 1. You Remember the Beginning
  5. 2. Arrest
  6. 3. You Remember a Good Father
  7. 4. Seized
  8. 5. You Remember Life Before Hannah
  9. 6. Stranger
  10. 7. You Remember Splinters
  11. 8. Accusations
  12. 9. You Remember Meeting Hannah, Becoming Friends
  13. 10. Caught
  14. 11. You Remember Summers With Aunt Jane
  15. 12. Favor
  16. 13. You Remember Drowning Moths
  17. 14. Pretend
  18. 15. You Remember a Loving Mother
  19. 16. Weight
  20. 17. You Remember Date Nights and Gifts
  21. 18. Run-In
  22. 19. You Remember Tall Tales
  23. 20. Secrets
  24. 21. You Remember Four Words
  25. 22. Interception
  26. 23. You Remember Having to Move
  27. 24. Intruder
  28. 25. You Remember the Stolen Gift
  29. 26. Evidence
  30. 27. You Remember Electric Shocks
  31. 28. Tricked
  32. 29. You Remember Not Being a Good Friend
  33. 30. Warning
  34. 31. You Remember a Statistic
  35. 32. Missing
  36. 33. You Remember Choking
  37. 34. Crying
  38. 35. You Remember the Knife
  39. 36. Mean
  40. 37. You Remember Falling from Trees
  41. 38. Betrayal
  42. 39. You Remember Back Rubs
  43. 40. Hate
  44. 41. You Remember Moldy Cheese
  45. 42. Attack
  46. 43. You Remember Knowing
  47. 44. Stolen
  48. 45. You Remember Remorse
  49. 46. Chase
  50. 47. You Remember Disappointing Him
  51. 48. Burn
  52. 49. You Remember Slamming Dishes
  53. 50. Leaving
  54. 51. You Remember Showers Interrupted, Locks Denied
  55. 52. Heat
  56. 53. You Remember Strip Poker
  57. 54. Hostile
  58. 55. You Remember the Before (Aka: Trip Preparations)
  59. 56. Interrogation
  60. 57. You Remember That Trip
  61. 58. Poison
  62. 59. You Remember That One Night
  63. 60. You Remember Knowing; His Remorse
  64. 61. You Remember Darkness
  65. 62. Too
  66. 63. You Remember the Next Morning; An Apology
  67. 64. Fault
  68. 65. “The Girl And the Secret Unburied”
  69. 66. Safe
  70. 67. Mischief
  71. Acknowledgments
  72. Resources List
  73. About the Author
  74. Copyright