Picture us in the light
Title:
Picture us in the light
Author:
Summary:
Danny Cheng has always known his parents have secrets. But when he discovers a taped-up box in his father's closet filled with old letters and a file on a powerful Bay Area family, he realizes there's much more to his family's past than he ever imagined. Danny has been an artist for as long as he can remember and it seems his path is set, with a scholarship to RISD and his family's blessing to pursue the career he's always dreamed of. Still, contemplating a future without his best friend, Harry Wong, by his side makes Danny feel a panic he can barely put into words. Harry's and Danny's lives are deeply intertwined and as they approach the one-year anniversary of a tragedy that shook their friend group to its core, Danny can't stop asking himself if Harry is truly in love with his girlfriend, Regina Chan. When Danny digs deeper into his parents' past, he uncovers a secret that disturbs the foundations of his family history and the carefully constructed facade his parents have maintained begins to crumble. With everything he loves in danger of being stripped away, Danny must face the ghosts of the past in order to build a future that belongs to him in this complex, lyrical novel. -- Amazon.
Audience:
Young Adult.
890 Lexile.
General Note:
Includes suicide and crisis resources at the end of the book.
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
353 pages ; 22 cm
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader UG 5.8 17.0.
Geographic Term:
Publisher:
Hyperion,
Publication Date:
2018
ISBN:
9781484726020
9781484734117
Publication Information:
New York, New York : Hyperion, 2018.
©2018
Award Note:
A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG.)
Chicago Public Library Best Teen Fiction, 2018
Kirkus Prize Nominee for Young Readers' Literature, 2018
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature Finalist, 2018
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2019
Rainbow Book List, 2019
School Library Journal's Best Books, 2018
Stonewall Book Award, Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children's & Young Adult Literature Honor, 2019
YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2019
Call Number:
YA GILBERT