#636 Secret Love- Maxine Clair
Teenagers have to grow up sometimes, and usually for unfair reasons. Wanda and Irene are neighbors and good friends. Wanda (16) usually lets Irene (14) read her diary. Suddenly she announces that there will be no more diary sharing. Wanda says she is getting too old to write in her diary. The real reason is that she is weighed down with responsibilities beyond her age.
For most of her life, Wanda has been charged with taking care of her brother, Puddin. He is slow and large and needs looking after. Their mother doesn’t help out much. Now, after getting lost and in trouble by himself, he is being taken to a group home away from his family. Wanda is distraught.
Meanwhile Irene, normally the more secretive of the two is dealing with a broken home. Her father is barely employed and her mother is cheating on him (an act Irene herself has witnessed). Irene is caught between wanting to keep this a secret and wanting to show Wanda that she also has tough stuff to deal with. Secrets and maturity.
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