If I Tell
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Publication Year
2011
ISBN
9781402261046
Pages
256 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Raised by her grandparents, seventeen-year-old Jasmine, the result of a biracial one night stand, has never met her father but has a good relationship with her mother until she sees her mother's boyfriend kissing Jaz's best friend.
Grade Level
6-8, 9-12
Lexile Measure
HL500L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Disability and Health; Kinship care; Single parent; Biracial; Race discrimination; Gay/Lesbian; Addiction; grandparents raising grandchild; grandmother raising granddaughter; single mother; biracial teenager; mixed race; prejudice; lesbian; lesbian teenager; rehabilitation
Main Character
female teenager
Race/Ethnicities
Black / White
Family Formation
grandparents and mother
LGBTQ+
lesbian female
Awards
Cybils Awards, 2011, Nominee, Fiction Young Adult
Keywords
secrecy; grandparents; cheating; affair; pregnancy; coffee shop; high school; friendship; Washington
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Gurtler, Janet, "If I Tell" (2011). Diverse Families. 704.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/704