Twelve-year-old Rahul Kapoor heads into seventh grade armed with advice his grandfather gave him: to find a thing he's good at and become the best at it. But Rahul struggles with his identity, including his confusing attraction to classmate Justin Emery. Rahul joins the Mathletes but it doesn't go as planned, and when Jenny asks him to a dance, Rahul spirals into depression and anxiety. With the help of his best friend Chelsea, Rahul confronts who he actually is.
year: 2019, 2020
call number/section: 1000
subjects: individuality, fiction, anxiety, middle schools, school stories, bullies, east indian americans, family life, indiana, juvenile fiction / social issues / adolescence, juvenile fiction / social issues / bullying, realistic fiction, indiana, fiction, identity (philosophical concept), identity, schools, identity (psychology), indian americans, domestic fiction, bildungsromans, domestic fiction, bildungsromans, electronic books, juvenile fiction, bullying, families, juvenile fiction
Editions
Pancholy, Maulik
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers (2019)
"Twelve-year-old Rahul Kapoor, an Indian-American boy growing up in small-town Indiana, struggles to come to terms with his identity, including that he may be gay"--Provided by publisher.
Schools: 33
Pancholy, Maulik
Twelve-year-old Rahul Kapoor heads into seventh grade armed with advice his grandfather gave him: to find a thing he's good at and become the best at it. But Rahul struggles with his identity, including his confusing attraction to classmate Justin Emery. Rahul joins the Mathletes but it doesn't go as planned, and when Jenny asks him to a dance, Rahul spirals into depression and anxiety. With the help of his best friend Chelsea, Rahul confronts who he actually is.
Schools: 1
Pancholy, Maulik
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers (2020)
"Twelve-year-old Rahul Kapoor, an Indian-American boy growing up in small-town Indiana, struggles to come to terms with his identity, including that he may be gay"--Provided by publisher.
Schools: 8