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Twelve-year-old Marie is a leader among the popular black girls in Chauncey, Ohio, a prosperous black suburb. She isn't looking for a friend when Lena Bright, a white girl, appears in school. Yet they are drawn to each other because both have lost their mothers. And they know how to keep a secret. For Lena has a secret that is terrifying, and she's desperate to protect herself and her younger sister from their father. Marie must decide whether she can help Lena by keeping her secret...or by telling it.

十二歲的黑人女孩梅笠，說了一段深刻於心中的祕密往事。在那個城鎮與梅笠一向親密的媽媽突然離她而去；爸爸不再給她溫暖的擁抱；最好的朋友雪莉也漸漸令她感到不耐。她似乎失去了前進的方向，整個世界對她來說，似乎是被下了詛咒一般，一切都不對勁，直到蕾娜這位白人女孩在學校出現才有了改變。同樣失去了母親，她們吸引著彼此，而且保守著彼此的祕密....一場跨種族的友誼，一場追尋回歸自我的過程就此展開。