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Racism (3 reviewers), Drug use (1 reviewer), Emotional abuse (1 reviewer), Misogyny (1 reviewer), Suicide (1 reviewer), Toxic relationship (1 reviewer), Grief (1 reviewer), and Suicide attempt (1 reviewer)Moderate
Death (2 reviewers), Drug use (2 reviewers), Addiction (1 reviewer), Racism (1 reviewer), Sexual content (1 reviewer), and Suicide (1 reviewer)Minor
Cancer (1 reviewer), Cursing (1 reviewer), Suicide (1 reviewer), Transphobia (1 reviewer), and Car accident (1 reviewer)Moods
emotional 100%
hopeful 66%
reflective 66%
sad 33%
hopeful 66%
reflective 66%
sad 33%
Pace
medium 66%
fast 33%
fast 33%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 100%Strong character development?
Yes: 100%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 66% | Yes: 33%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 100%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 100%Average rating
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Fans of Sandhya Menon, Erika Sanchez and Jandy Nelson will identify with this luminous story of a young artist grappling with first love, family boundaries and the complications of a cross-cultural relationship. Rani Kelkar has never lied to her parents, until she meets Oliver. The same qualities that draw her in--his tattoos, his charisma, his passion for art--make him her mother's worst nightmare. They begin dating in secret, but when Oliver's troubled home life unravels, he starts to ask more of Rani than she knows how to give, desperately trying to fit into her world, no matter how high the cost. When a twist of fate leads Rani from Evanston, Illinois to Pune, India for a summer, she has a reckoning with herself--and what's really brewing beneath the surface of her first love. Winner of SCBWI's Emerging Voices award, Anuradha D. Rajurkar takes an honest look at the ways cultures can clash in an interracial relationship. Braiding together themes of sexuality, artistic expression, and appropriation, she gives voice to a girl claiming ownership of her identity, one shattered stereotype at a time. A brave, beautiful exploration of identity--those thrust upon us, and those we forge for ourselves. --Elana K. Arnold, award-winning author of What Girls Are Made Of
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Fans of Sandhya Menon, Erika Sanchez and Jandy Nelson will identify with this luminous story of a young artist grappling with first love, family boundaries and the complications of a cross-cultural relationship. Rani Kelkar has never lied to her parents, until she meets Oliver. The same qualities that draw her in--his tattoos, his charisma, his passion for art--make him her mother's worst nightmare. They begin dating in secret, but when Oliver's troubled home life unravels, he starts to ask more of Rani than she knows how to give, desperately trying to fit into her world, no matter how high the cost. When a twist of fate leads Rani from Evanston, Illinois to Pune, India for a summer, she has a reckoning with herself--and what's really brewing beneath the surface of her first love. Winner of SCBWI's Emerging Voices award, Anuradha D. Rajurkar takes an honest look at the ways cultures can clash in an interracial relationship. Braiding together themes of sexuality, artistic expression, and appropriation, she gives voice to a girl claiming ownership of her identity, one shattered stereotype at a time. A brave, beautiful exploration of identity--those thrust upon us, and those we forge for ourselves. --Elana K. Arnold, award-winning author of What Girls Are Made Of
What the community thinks
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Racism (3 reviewers), Drug use (1 reviewer), Emotional abuse (1 reviewer), Misogyny (1 reviewer), Suicide (1 reviewer), Toxic relationship (1 reviewer), Grief (1 reviewer), and Suicide attempt (1 reviewer)Moderate
Death (2 reviewers), Drug use (2 reviewers), Addiction (1 reviewer), Racism (1 reviewer), Sexual content (1 reviewer), and Suicide (1 reviewer)Minor
Cancer (1 reviewer), Cursing (1 reviewer), Suicide (1 reviewer), Transphobia (1 reviewer), and Car accident (1 reviewer)Moods
emotional 100%
hopeful 66%
reflective 66%
sad 33%
hopeful 66%
reflective 66%
sad 33%
Pace
medium 66%
fast 33%
fast 33%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 100%Strong character development?
Yes: 100%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 66% | Yes: 33%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 100%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 100%Average rating