Holly's Secret
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Publication Year
2000
ISBN
9780374332730
Pages
144 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
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
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Adoption; Gay/Lesbian; adopted child; adoptive parents; same-sex parents; lesbian; lesbian adults; lesbian mothers
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
two mothers
LGBTQ+
lesbian females
Awards
Lambda Literary Award, 2000, Finalist
Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for PreK-Grade 6, 13th Edition, 2002 Critical Literacy
Keywords
new identity; schools; prejudices; fitting in; Massachusetts; middle school; secret; acceptance
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Garden, Nancy, "Holly's Secret" (2000). Diverse Families. 131.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/131