Holly's Secret

Holly is a 12-year-old girl. She has just moved to a new town with her mother and her female partner. KJ is her mother's partner; Will is her nine-year-old brother.

Holly is going to secretly change her name to Yvette, part of a Plan to keep other children from finding out that both her parents are women.

It's quickly obvious that Holly has been teased and worse by other students because of her mother living with another woman. Holly is almost 12. Her mother is a lawyer, and KJ is a nurse. Both Holly and Will are adopted.

Holly starts off the first day by telling various lies to her classmates. Later, at the mall, Julia, one of the girls that Holly meets, keeps referring to certain boys as “faggy” looking.

Later Holly refers to KJ as her aunt. Her mother and KJ talk to her and she tells them she doesn't want other kids to know about their relationship.

Julie continues her anti-gay statements.

Holly makes friends with a boy and finds out Julie also hates blacks.

Her mother gets angry when Holly starts telling her and KJ all the things not to do when some friends of hers come over the next day.

The visit is a disaster as Julia snoops into rooms and finds out KJ and Holly's mother are lesbians. Holly then has to decide whether or not to continue her fake identity plan, or to return to being Holly and drop all the efforts at hiding her mother and KJ's relationship.

A good book, very tastefully done.


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