Title
Holly's Secret
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pages
144 pages
Publication Year
2000
ISBN
9780374332730
Genre
realism
Topic
Family Relationships; LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Adoption; same-sex parents; two mothers
Annotation
When she starts middle school, eleven-year-old Holly decides to become sophisticated and feminine, change her name to Yvette, and hide the fact that her two moms are lesbians.
Grade Level
3-5, 6-8
Family Formation
lesbian mothers
Main Character
multiple
Diversity Impact
direct
LGBTQ+
female/female
Race/Ethnicities
White
Keywords
identity; schools; prejudice; fitting in
Item Type
Fiction
Format
novel
STARS Citation
Garden, Nancy, "Holly's Secret" (2000). DIVerse Families. 131.
http://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/131