![]() ![]() That being said, the other half of INLIAS’s story is about discovering oneself, and coming to terms with who you want to be as a person. If cheating plot lines aren’t your thing, then I suggest you steer clear of this book. Sana’s father is cheating on her mother, and even Sana does a little cheating herself later on in the novel. ![]() Let me just say it upfront: Much of INLIAS’s plotline revolves around cheating. INLIAS doesn’t succeed in everything it attempts to do, but it’s a great start, and a highly accessible one at that. INLIASthrows its hat in the ring of the movement happening in YA right now, of marginalized authors writing marginalized characters, otherwise known as the#OwnVoices movement. It’s Not Like It’s a Secret tackles all sorts of issues-sexuality, racism, classism, and cheating being a few of them. ![]() This novel follows sixteen-year-old Sana Kiyohara, a Japanese-American girl who gets uprooted from her simple life in Wisconsin to a much more complicated one in Los Angeles, California. It’s NotLike It’s a Secret by Misa Sugiura is one of those books I knew I wanted to read when it came out in April of this year, but never got around to reading until recently. IT’S NOT LIKE IT’S A SECRET by MISA SUGIURA ![]()
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