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Picture us in the light /

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, New York : Hyperion, 2018Copyright date: 2018Edition: First editionDescription: 353 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781484726020
  • 1484726022
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Picture us in the light.DDC classification:
  • [Fic] 23
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.1.G55 Pic 2018
Online resources: 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.
List(s) this item appears in: 2019 Teens’ Top Ten Nominees | Pride Month: Stonewall Book Award-Mike Morgan and Larry Romans Children’s and Young Adult Literature Award | Stonewall Book Award (YA) | Rainbow Book List (YA) | Asian Pacific Islander Voices (YA)
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"Picture me madly in love with this moving, tender, unapologetically honest book." --Becky Albertalli, #1 best-selling author of Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda



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.

Includes suicide and crisis resources at the end of the book.

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.

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Booklist Review

*Starred Review* When Danny Cheng's father loses his job, his parents' carefully constructed life starts to break apart. His father settles into a depression, and his mother becomes more manic. Both worry constantly about money and Danny's safety. At the same time, Danny has problems of his own. He keeps deep secrets from those closest to him about how he might be responsible for the death of his friend, Sandra, one year before, and about his true feelings regarding his best friend, Harry. As Danny struggles to make sense of his parents' strange behavior, he uncovers evidence of secret lives, of names abandoned, and of a sister he thought had died long ago. Using the metaphor of quantum entanglement that objects brought together will continue to act in concert even if they are taken apart Gilbert effortlessly times characters' present actions with key revelations about their past. With grace and respect, Gilbert manages to address the existential quandaries of both second-generation American teens and their immigrant parents who must make profoundly life-changing choices to give their children the best life possible. The result is both exhilarating and tortuous Gilbert methodically lays bare her characters' secrets as if she was slowly pulling a cloth off a fine painting.--Suarez, Reinhardt Copyright 2018 Booklist

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Kelly Loy Gilbert believes deeply in the power of stories to illuminate a shared humanity and give voice to complex, broken people. She is the author of Conviction, a William C. Morris Award finalist, and lives in the SF Bay Area. She would be thrilled to hear from you on Twitter @KellyLoyGilbert or at www.KellyLoyGilbert.com.

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