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ISBN:	1484726022 (ISBN13: 9781484726020)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Stonewall Book Award for Children & Young Persons Literature (2019), Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Young Adult Literature (2018)

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Danny Cheng has always known his parents have secrets. But when he discovers a taped-up box in his father's closet filled with old letters and a file on a powerful Silicon Valley family, he realizes there's much more to his family's past than he ever imagined.

Danny has been an artist for as long as he can remember and it seems his path is set, with a scholarship to RISD and his family's blessing to pursue the career he's always dreamed of. Still, contemplating a future without his best friend, Harry Wong, by his side makes Danny feel a panic he can barely put into words. Harry and Danny's lives are deeply intertwined and as they approach the one-year anniversary of a tragedy that shook their friend group to its core, Danny can't stop asking himself if Harry is truly in love with his girlfriend, Regina Chan.

When Danny digs deeper into his parents' past, he uncovers a secret that disturbs the foundations of his family history and the carefully constructed facade his parents have maintained begins to crumble. With everything he loves in danger of being stripped away, Danny must face the ghosts of the past in order to build a future that belongs to him.

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Title	:	Picture Us in the Light
Author	:	Kelly Loy Gilbert
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 361 pages
Published	:	April 10th 2018 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Categories	:	Young Adult. Contemporary. LGBT. Fiction

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Wow. Wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow. Im pretty sure I missed a lot because I read this so fast, but I just couldnt stop. Im so jealous of the writing; its absolutely amazing. Everything.... felt so important. Everything was so well written. I had such intense feelings about everyone, especially the parents. So much devastation and yet (I think) a very hopeful ending. Wow wow wow.

This book epitomizes the power of "quiet" books: where the stakes are more (inter)personal than global or societal but still important. Although Danny's family situation is certainly not one that most readers will immediately relate to his secret family history is pretty dark and complex; I don't consider myself an easily fazed reader, but I was definitely taken aback at each successive reveal the coming-of-age themes are still universal, as are the contemplations of mental health, morality,

I don't think I've read a contemporary that's so gripping and Real and nuanced and devastating yet healing in a whileCW/TWs: depression, suicide, panic attacks, adoption, human trafficking

Thanks to NetGalley for an advanced ebook in exchange for an honest review 2 eyebrow raising stars This is a real tough one because the content of the story tackles serious issues, such as, suicide, sexuality, and the pressure on young people to live up to their parent's expectations (especially when, like Danny, you are the only child of immigrants) something which I believe many people-young and old could certainly connect with but I felt it all very boring because something was missing in

It's hard not to lose your foothold when someone peers inside you, sees all those things you tried the hardest to keep hidden, all those ugly shames you've tried to tell yourself aren't really as bad as they seem. All those lies disintegrate in the light. As I was reading this, I thought this was going to be the book that made up for every shitty book I've read so far for the past...days, weeks and, well, overall last month. The book gods had finally decided it was time for me to enjoy a book

say hello to my first 5-star of the year that I stayed up reading until 3am and cried multiple times over

every once in a while, you come across a book where it feels as if your hands are simply not strong enough to hold the immense weight of it on their own. and so your heart steps in, saying, dont worry. i will carry the heaviness of this story. i will take on that burden. and with every beat, every pulse, you begin to feel that pressure. because its the kind of weight that stays with you for a long time, a particular kind of density that makes a home inside your chest. i can feel how my heart now