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Rani Patel In Full Effect

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2017 William C. Morris Award Finalist

Almost seventeen, Rani Patel appears to be a kick-ass Indian girl breaking cultural norms as a hip-hop performer in full effect. But in truth, she's a nerdy flat-chested nobody who lives with her Gujarati immigrant parents on the remote Hawaiian island of Moloka'i, isolated from her high school peers by the unsettling norms of Indian culture where "husband is God." Her parents' traditionally arranged marriage is a sham. Her dad turns to her for all his needs—even the intimate ones. When Rani catches him two-timing with a woman barely older than herself, she feels like a widow and, like widows in India are often made to do, she shaves off her hair. Her sexy bald head and hard-driving rhyming skills attract the attention of Mark, the hot older customer who frequents her parents' store and is closer in age to her dad than to her. Mark makes the moves on her and Rani goes with it. He leads Rani into 4eva Flowin', an underground hip hop crew—and into other things she's never done. Rani ignores the red flags. Her naive choices look like they will undo her but ultimately give her the chance to discover her strengths and restore the things she thought she'd lost, including her mother.

Sonia Patel is a psychiatrist who works with children and adults. She was trained at Stanford University and the University of Hawaii. She lives and practices in Hawaii. Rani Patel In Full Effect is her first young adult novel.
BookExpo America Editor's Buzz Selection 2016
Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Books 2016
New York Public Library 50 Best Teen Books 2016
Book Page Top 10 Best Teen Book 2016
Texas Library Associations Top 10 Teen Books 2017
Multnomah County Library Best Books 2016
The Volumes Bookcafe Staff's Best 20 of 2016
2017 Amelia Bloomer List Recommended Feminist Literature For Birth Through 18
15 Essential Novels Of The #MeToo Movement, Bustle


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Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press
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  • ISBN: 9781941026519
  • File size: 815 KB
  • Release date: September 19, 2016

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  • ISBN: 9781941026519
  • File size: 815 KB
  • Release date: September 19, 2016

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Lexile® Measure:590
Text Difficulty:2-3

2017 William C. Morris Award Finalist

Almost seventeen, Rani Patel appears to be a kick-ass Indian girl breaking cultural norms as a hip-hop performer in full effect. But in truth, she's a nerdy flat-chested nobody who lives with her Gujarati immigrant parents on the remote Hawaiian island of Moloka'i, isolated from her high school peers by the unsettling norms of Indian culture where "husband is God." Her parents' traditionally arranged marriage is a sham. Her dad turns to her for all his needs—even the intimate ones. When Rani catches him two-timing with a woman barely older than herself, she feels like a widow and, like widows in India are often made to do, she shaves off her hair. Her sexy bald head and hard-driving rhyming skills attract the attention of Mark, the hot older customer who frequents her parents' store and is closer in age to her dad than to her. Mark makes the moves on her and Rani goes with it. He leads Rani into 4eva Flowin', an underground hip hop crew—and into other things she's never done. Rani ignores the red flags. Her naive choices look like they will undo her but ultimately give her the chance to discover her strengths and restore the things she thought she'd lost, including her mother.

Sonia Patel is a psychiatrist who works with children and adults. She was trained at Stanford University and the University of Hawaii. She lives and practices in Hawaii. Rani Patel In Full Effect is her first young adult novel.
BookExpo America Editor's Buzz Selection 2016
Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Books 2016
New York Public Library 50 Best Teen Books 2016
Book Page Top 10 Best Teen Book 2016
Texas Library Associations Top 10 Teen Books 2017
Multnomah County Library Best Books 2016
The Volumes Bookcafe Staff's Best 20 of 2016
2017 Amelia Bloomer List Recommended Feminist Literature For Birth Through 18
15 Essential Novels Of The #MeToo Movement, Bustle


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