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This Is What I Want to Tell You

Friendship,love,and unexpected secrets

Nadio and his twin sister, Noelle, always had a unique bond. And somehow, Keeley Shipley fit perfectly into their world. But when Keeley spends the summer in England, she comes home changed, haunted by a dark memory. As she and Nadio fall in love, they try to hide it from Noelle, who's jealously guarding a secret of her own. Slowly, a life-long friendship begins to crack under the crushing weight of past trauma, guarded secrets, jealousy, obsession . . . and an unexpected love that could destroy them.

Genre
literary fictionromancecoming of agecontemporary romance
Themes
relationships
Setting
2000shigh school
Mood
sad
Audience
young adult
Length
medium · 233 pages

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