~ Hardcover

~ Winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for Young Adult Literature - 2018

Sixteen-year-old Sana Kiyohara has entirely too many secrets.  Some of them are small, some of them are big, and then there’s the one that she can barely even admit to herself . . . 

Described as part Jenny Han's To All the Boys I've Loved Before and part Becky Alberti's Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, Misa Sugiura's It's Not Like It's a Secret is a charming and bittersweet queer coming-of-age story that also tackles big topics like adultery, racism, and the cultural conflicts of immigrant families.

“Sugiura thoughtfully explores intersecting issues of race, immigrant-family relationships, queer romance, and, less explicitly, class dynamics without implying the significance of one over the others.  Well-paced, brimming with drama, and utterly vital.” -- Kirkus Reviews