num_pages: 212
description:  Everyone has a secret. But Lucys is bigger and dirtier than most. Its one shes been hiding for yearsthat her moms out-of-control hoarding has turned their lives into a world of garbage and shame. Shes managed to keep her home life hidden from her best friend and her crush knowing theyd be disgusted by the truth. So when her mom dies suddenly in their home Lucy hesitates to call 911 because revealing their way of life would make her future unbearableand she begins her two-day plan to set her life right.With details that are as fascinating as they are disturbing C. J. Omololu weaves an hour-by-hour account of Lucys desperate attempt at normalcy. Her fear and isolation are palpable as readers are pulled down a path from which there is no return and the impact of hoarding on one teens life will have readers completely hooked. 
language: English
title: Dirty Little Secrets
publisher: Walker Childrens