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Sonia struggles to adjust when her family must move from a cozy private school to a large public middle school. As the half‑Jewish, half‑Indian seventh‑grader grapples with the unfamiliar social scene, she is confronted by her father’s diagnosis of clinical depression.
The novel follows Sonia’s coming‑of‑age journey as she navigates the challenges of a new environment, the complexities of being racially mixed, and the emotional turmoil that comes from watching a loved one suffer from mental illness. Along the way she learns to question her identity, transform her doubts into resilience, and find unexpected allies in a diverse school community.
First publish date: 2012
Genre: Coming of Age/Childhood Coming of Age
Authors: Veera Hiranandani
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