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The Secrets We Keep by Cassie Gustafson
In the vein of Amber Smith's The Way I Used to Be and Kelly Loy Gilbert?s Conviction, this heartbreaking yet hopeful young adult novel follows a teen girl?s struggle to hold onto her best friend, keep her family together, and, above all, protect the secret she's buried deep down inside.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 hidden away. . . 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 fairytales she writes to survive, all of which threatens to expose Emma?s long-buried truths.The Secrets We Keep