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The silence that binds us / Joanna Ho.

Ho, Joanna, (author).

Summary:

In the year following their son's death, May Chen's parents face racist accusations of putting too much pressure on their son and causing his death by suicide, and May attempts to challenge the racism and ugly stereotypes through her writing, only to realize that she still has a lot to learn and that her actions have consequences for her family as well as herself.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063059344
  • ISBN: 0063059347
  • Physical Description: 437 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022]

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
Grades 10-12. HarperTeen.
Ages 14 up. HarperTeen.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 4.9 14 518244.
Subject:
Suicide > Fiction.
Siblings > Fiction.
Racism > Fiction.
Chinese Americans > Fiction.
Asian Americans > Fiction.
Families > California > Fiction.
High schools > Fiction.
Schools > Fiction.
Siblings.
Racism.
Genre:
Novels.
Young adult fiction.

Available copies

  • 83 of 88 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 88 total copies.
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Summary: In the year following their son's death, May Chen's parents face racist accusations of putting too much pressure on their son and causing his death by suicide, and May attempts to challenge the racism and ugly stereotypes through her writing, only to realize that she still has a lot to learn and that her actions have consequences for her family as well as herself.