Things We Couldn't Say

ISBN-10: 1338734199
ISBN-13: 9781338734195
Author: Coles, Jay
Interest Level: 7-12
Publisher: Scholastic

Publication Date: October 2022

Copyright: 2021

Page Count: 320

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Interest Level

Grades 7-12

Reading Level

Lexile: HL710L
Accelerated Reader Level: 4.5
Accelerated Reader Points: 11.0

BISAC Subjects

YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings *

YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / Parents *

Description
There's always been a hole in Gio's life. Not because he's into both guys and girls. Not because his father has some drinking issues. Not because his friends are always bringing him their drama. No, the hole in Gio's life takes the shape of his birth mom, who left Gio, his brother, and his father when Gio was nine years old. For eight years, he never heard a word from her . . . and now, just as he's started to get his life together, she's back. It's hard for Gio to know what to do. Can he forgive her like she wants to be forgiven? Or should he tell her she lost her chance to be in his life? Complicating things further, Gio's started to hang out with David, a new guy on the basketball team. Are they friends? More than friends? At first, Gio's not sure . . . especially because he's not sure what he wants from anyone right now. There are no easy answers to love -- whether it's family love or friend love or romantic love. In Things We Couldn't Say, Jay Coles, acclaimed author of Tyler Johnson Was Here, shows us a guy trying to naviga
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