Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Little, Brown and Company (First Edition)
Pages
179
Description
When her grandparents come for a visit from India to California, thirteen-year-old Sunita finds herself resenting her Indian heritage and embarrassed by the differences she feels between herself and her friends.
Collection
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
179 p.; 8.5 inches
ISBN
0316699438 / 9780316699433
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Lexile
780L
User reviews
LibraryThing member katekf
This charming book takes on the challenges of a second generation Indian immigrant in California told through her own eyes. When Sunita's grandparents come to stay with her family for a year, their lives are completely turned around as their roles and identities shift in relation to each other. The
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author does a wonderful job of portraying how each generation has their own expectations of what others want from them and they expect from themselves. Also woven throughout the story is the struggles of being fifteen and liking a guy and worrying about how different is too different. The main character is fifteen but this book is accessible to younger readers since its not long or terribly difficult and its message of how hard it is to know who you are and how important it is to keep talking to friends and family as you discover yourself is presented wonderfully. Show Less
Subjects
Awards
Mark Twain Readers Award (Nominee — 1996)
Call number
J4D.Per