A review by tulscip
American Betiya by Anuradha D. Rajurkar

5.0

Honestly I don't usually rate books set in high school 5 stars that often but I really related to this one. There was a refreshing lack of Indian stereotypes about chai and masala and instead discussed issues/emotions that are more relatable to the daughter of immigrants experience. It was mind boggling to me how I've felt all the emotions of this main character and I've never read a book that I related to in this manner.
So I was able to discount the whole high schoolers in love cringe factor because...well it's YA so conceit of genre.