Title: Jaya and Rasa, a love story
Description: Jaya’s 17, a transgender Gujarati outsider who detests wealth, secrets, and privilege, though he has them all. Only thing 16-year-old Rasa has is siblings, plus a mother who controls men like a black-widow spider. Neither one of them has ever known real love or family. Not until their chance meeting one sunny day on a mountain in Hau’ula.
Subjects: East Indian Americans, Teenage prostitution, Sexual behavior, Love, Dysfunctional families, Racially mixed people, Juvenile fiction, Family problems, Transgender youth, Teenagers, Sexuality, Transgender people, Fiction, Hawaii, Children's fiction, Love, fiction, Racially mixed people, fiction, Hawaii, fiction, Family life, fiction, Homosexuality, fiction, LGBTQ gender identity, LGBTQ young adult
Places: Hawaii