

A Secret Shared
Author: Patricia MacLachlan
Narrator: Caitlin Kelly
Unabridged: 1 hr 35 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 09/28/2021
Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes
Author: Patricia MacLachlan
Narrator: Caitlin Kelly
Unabridged: 1 hr 35 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 09/28/2021
Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes
Patricia MacLachlan (1938-2022) was the celebrated author of many timeless books for young readers, including Sarah, Plain and Tall, winner of the Newbery Medal. She was also the author of many beloved picture books, a number of which she cowrote with her daughter, Emily.
A SECRET SHARED is a sweet middle grade story about adoption and the meaning of family. Twins Nora and Ben discover that their little sister Birdy has different ancestry than they do from a secret DNA test. If Birdy isn't their biological sister, then where did she come from, and why are their paren......more
Short and sweet. MacLachlan takes spare prose and bits of poetry and says profound things about secrets. The art of keeping a secret is difficult. Knowing when to share and with whom can be an almost impossible task. When that sneaky secret gets out to the wrong person, then what they do adds to the......more
Thank you to NetGalley for an audio arc! A Shared Secret is a middle grade story about twins Nora and Ben and their younger sister Birdy. Through the results of a DNA test, Ben and Nora realize that Birdy does not share the same ancestry as their parents, and they begin uncovering the secrets their p......more