Everything I Never Told You Lesson Plan

Why was Lydia so upset that Hannah was wearing her locket?

The locket represented Lydia’s father’s expectations and hopes for her—the way he wanted her to fit in and be popular, the way he wanted her to smile when she wasn’t happy and be agreeable so people would like her. Doing what he wanted had seemed such a light burden at first, as delicate as the silver locket, but it was a trap, a weight around the neck. She didn’t want that for her sister, who looked like a younger version of herself. It had taken her this long to realize she didn’t want to play along with what her father wanted, that she perhaps even regretted allowing it to happen. She wanted Hannah to grow up...