The silence that binds us
(2022)

Fiction

Book

Call Numbers:
TEEN/FICTION/HO,J

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Teen TEEN/FICTION/HO,J Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York, NY : HarperTeen, [2022]
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION

437 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9780063059344, 0063059347 :, 0063059347, 9780063059344
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Winner of the 2023 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Honor Book

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

Ages 14 up

Grades 10-12