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Picture us in the light / Kelly Loy Gilbert.

Summary:

Danny Cheng, a Chinese-American teen, grapples with a dangerous revelation about his parents' past, his plans for the future, and his feelings for his best friend, Harry Wong.

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 future 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 façade his parents have maintained begins to crumble. With everything Danny cares about in danger of being stripped away, he must face the ghosts of the past in order to build a future that belongs to him. -- From dust jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 9781484726020
ISBN: 1484726022
ISBN: 9781484734117
ISBN: 1484734114
Physical Description: 353 pages ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, New York : Hyperion, 2018.
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes suicide and crisis resources at the end of the book.
Target Audience Note:	Young Adult. 890 Lexile.
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader UG 5.8 17.0.
Awards 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