Dirty little secrets

By Cynthia Jaynes Omololu

Subjects: Self-reliance, Death, High schools, Secrets, Fiction, Compulsive behavior, Schools, Mothers and daughters

Description: When her unstable mother dies unexpectedly, sixteen-year-old Lucy must take control and find a way to keep the long-held secret of her mother's compulsive hoarding from being revealed to friends, neighbors, and especially the media.