Title
More Than We Can Tell
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Publication Year
2018
ISBN
9781408885079
Pages
410 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
When Rev Fletcher and Emma Blue meet, they both long to share secrets, his of being abused by his birth father, hers of her parents' failing marriage and an online troll who truly frightens her.
Grade Level
6-8; 9-12
Lexile Measure
HL480L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Adoption; Divorce; Family member death; Family violence; Foster care; Separation; separated parents; co-parenting; separate homes; adoptive parents; adopted child; interracial adoption; foster brother; domestic abuse; abusive parent; abusive father; death of mother; loss
Main Character
female teenager; male teenager
Race/Ethnicities
White
Awards
Cybils Awards, 2018, Nominee, Young Adult Fiction
Carnegie Medal, 2019, Long List, Children's Book
Booklist Book Review Stars, 2017
Keywords
computer games; family problems; online trolling; secrets; friendships; scars
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Kemmerer, Brigid, "More Than We Can Tell" (2018). Diverse Families. 2154.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/2154