Read Series: I Hadn't Meant To Tell You This
by Author Jacqueline Woodson
Book
Lena (2006)
At the end of I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This, Marie's friend Lena and her little sister Dion ran away to escape their abusive father. Now, disguised as boys, Lena and Dion search for their mother's relatives, unable to afford to make even one mistake.