num_pages: 448
description: Maybelline Chen isn't the Chinese Taiwanese American daughter her mother expects her to be. May prefers hoodies over dresses and wants to become a writer. When asked her mom can't come up with one specific reason for why she's proud of her only daughter. May's beloved brother Danny on the other hand has just been admitted to Princeton. But Danny secretly struggles with depression and when he dies by suicide May's world is shattered.In the aftermath racist accusations are hurled against May's parents for putting too much pressure on him. May's father tells her to keep her head down. Instead May challenges these ugly stereotypes through her writing. Yet the consequences of speaking out run much deeper than anyone could foresee. Who gets to tell our stories and who gets silenced? It's up to May to take back the narrative.
language: English
title: The Silence that Binds Us
publisher: HarperTeen