The silence that binds us

Title
The silence that binds us

Personal Author EPSB
Joanna, Ho

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.

Year Published
2022-2023

Physical Description
437 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Awards
2025 Young Reader’s Choice Award YRCA Senior nominee

Subject
Suicide -- Fiction.
 
Brothers and sisters -- Fiction.
 
Racism -- Fiction.
 
Chinese Americans -- Fiction.
 
Asian Americans -- Fiction.
 
Family life -- California -- Fiction.
 
High schools -- Fiction.
 
Schools -- Fiction.
 
Novels.

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.

ISBN
9780063059344
 
9780063059351

Publisher
New York, NY : HarperTeen, 2022.
 
New York, NY : HarperCollins, 2023.
 
©2022


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Jasper PlaceF HOBook30071000664800Fiction