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What We Hide
By JOCELYN, Marthe
- ISBN
- 9780385738477 9780385907323 9780375894657
- Publisher
- Random Wendy Lamb Bks.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2014 | Grades 9 and Up
Gr 9 Up—As Jenny's brother is off to university in England to avoid the U.S. Vietnam War draft, she spends a semester at an English boarding school. Seizing the chance to reinvent herself, the teen lies about having a boyfriend. This is just one of the many secrets spilling off the pages in this multiple-perspective historical fiction novel, and teens will want to keep turning the...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on April 1, 2013
Jenny's life turns upside-down when her brother Tom enrolls in college abroad to escape the draft, while his best friend Matt (Jenny's secret crush) is shipped off to Vietnam. At the last minute her parents arrange a semester abroad for her at an English boarding school (hopefully strengthening Tom's draft exclusion). She relishes the chance to re-invent herself and allows her new classmates to believe that Matt is her boyfriend. So starts this story of a ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2014
This story set at an English boarding school during the Vietnam War is told from alternating viewpoints. Each classmate reveals ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
