Great Books Coming in 2010: DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS by C.J. Omololu

This YA novel takes place over a mere 24 hours, but what a 24 hours it is. It's the day when everything changes for Lucy, a girl whose mother is a compulsive hoarder. For years, that fact has shaped her life. She's worried about the smells of her family's kitchen following her out of the house, worried about friends who invite her to sleep over when she can never reciprocate, and worried that someone would learn her family's dirty little secret. In the early pages of...