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Title The silence that binds us / Joanna Ho.
Author Ho, Joanna, author.
Publication Info. New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022]
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 Alafaya  YA FIC HO    Check Shelves
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 South Creek  YA FIC HO    Check Shelves
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Edition First edition.
Description 437 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Audience Ages 14 up. HarperTeen.
Grades 10-12. HarperTeen.
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.
Subject Suicide -- Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction.
Racism -- Juvenile fiction.
Chinese Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Asian Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Families -- California -- Juvenile fiction.
High schools -- Juvenile fiction.
Schools -- Juvenile fiction.
Suicide -- Fiction.
Brothers and sisters -- Fiction.
Racism -- Fiction.
Chinese Americans -- Fiction.
Asian Americans -- Fiction.
Family life -- California -- Fiction.
High schools -- Fiction.
Schools -- Fiction.
Genre Young adult fiction.
Fictional Work (DNLM)D022922
Novels. (OCoLC)fst01921742
Novels.
ISBN 9780063059344 (hardcover) : $17.99
0063059347 (hardcover)