SuitabookIdentity and disclosure
Yami is questioning her sexuality after being outed, then manages secrecy and the possibility of telling others at school and at home.
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Sonora Reyes - Author
A coming-of-age story about identity, belonging and disclosure, balancing painful social pressures with friendship, family love and romantic possibility. It offers a queer Mexican American protagonist whose choices are shaped by school, faith and immigration-related family separation.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA coming-of-age story about identity, belonging and disclosure, balancing painful social pressures with friendship, family love and romantic possibility. It offers a queer Mexican American protagonist whose choices are shaped by school, faith and immigration-related family separation.
Yami is questioning her sexuality after being outed, then manages secrecy and the possibility of telling others at school and at home.
Yami enters a wealthier, mostly White Catholic school where she experiences casual racism and encounters attitudes hostile to queer identities.
Yami’s father was deported years earlier; she remains close to her brother and becomes involved in helping him conceal a hidden part of his life.
Expect direct engagement with homophobia, coming out, concealment, casual racism and fear of rejection at home or school. Deportation-related family separation, bullying, grief, anxiety and romantic feelings are also present.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
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