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I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This

by Jacqueline Woodson

Middle grade · ages 10–14 · grades 5–9 · 720L · 115 pages · 1994

Why we'd hand it over

A masterclass in perspective-taking and the fragility of cross-class friendship; Woodson's spare, rhythmic prose makes a hard topic feel intimate rather than didactic.

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