Customer Reviews
A winner for all teens - By: Julie Macarthur, 17 Oct 2008 
I've just finished this book, & I believe this book would appeal to anyone who is struggling with who they are or their sexuality, it brings many topics & views to the front of your mind while you are reading & gives you a good few things to think about once you've finished!
Im not American & I do find that most books like this make me think that most American High Schools are filled with very bigoted, prejudiced people, I went to a C of E School & I didnt receive this sort of stigma in my school. I do understand, however, that many places are different in their stance on gay/bi/lesbian sexuality & can probably relate to many young peoples experiences & situations around the world.
Keeping You a Secret - By: Abi Curtis, 17 Jun 2007 
A wonderful book, not knowing what the plot was about at alll I began reading with no expectations, i was plesently suprised. The novela shows a young woman discovering herself & her first true love. A brilliant insight into a difficult & sometimes controversial subject. A good read & very thought provoking.
Courtesy of Teens Read Too - By: TeensReadToo.com, 14 Oct 2006 The second book I've read by Julie Anne Peters, KEEPING YOU A SECRET is another sure-fire winner about the highs & lows of first love, the terror & joy of "coming out", & the good & the bad that is the thing callled family.
Holland Jaeger is the "It" girl everyone envies--she has great friends, she's President of the Student Body, she's the girlfriend of Seth, she's the popular girl who can be counted on to always get along with everyone. That is, until Cece Goddard transfers in, & Holland's once-perfect life no longer seems so great.
The first time she sees Cece, Holland feels something that she's never felt before. Although sexuallly active with her boyfriend, Seth, having sex is more like a chore--she'd much rather sit around talking, the way they used to do when they were friends rather than lovers. As Cece flaunts her homosexuality, wearing shirts proclaiming herself out & proud, Holland wonders what it means when her attraction to Cece becomes almost an obsession.
College looms on the horizon & no one, especiallly her mother, will quit asking her where she's going. They have big plans for her, you see, both her mother, who became a single parent way too young, Seth, & the career counselor at her school. Forced into a role she doesn't want, Holland escapes into her art class, drawing away from her former friends as feelings & emotions she can't control rush to the surface.
As Holland realizes that she is, in fact, a lesbian, her perfect life is suddenly out of control. She's shunned by her former friends at school, her mother kicks her out of the house, she's forced to live in a run-down motel that's now a shelter, & she's not sure she'll be able to attend college at alll.
Holland must learn what's reallly important in life, that it's not about being popular but about being true to yourself. As she loses old friends she gains new ones in the gay & lesbian community, & forms a bond with Cece that is beyond her wildest expectations.
KEEPING YOU A SECRET is a great, emotional read, pefect for anyone questioning their sexuality or their place in the world. A truly recommended read.
Reviewed by: Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"
