The whole story of half a girl
By: Veera Hiranandani
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780545806909
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Bildungsromans; Racially mixed people; Juvenile fiction; Mental Depression; Middle schools; Schools; East Indian Americans; Coming of age; Fiction
Description: When Sonia's father loses his job and she must move from her small, supportive private school to a public middle school, the half-Jewish half-Indian sixth-grader experiences culture shock as she tries to navigate the school's unfamiliar social scene, and after her father is diagnosed with clinical depression, she finds herself becoming even more confused about herself and her family.