Name: The Whole Story of Half a Girl
ISBN: 9780385741286

Veera Hiranandani

Forced to enter public school after her father's job loss costs them their privileged lifestyle, Sonia, a half-Indian, half-Jewish American, struggles to make new friends in various social circles while confronting her mixed heritage, efforts that are complicated by her father's unexpected disappearance. A first novel.

The Whole Story of Half a Girl

When Sonia's father loses his job and she must change schools, she experiences culture shock as she tries to navigate the social scene, and after her father is diagnosed with depression, she finds herself becoming more confused about herself and her family.

Raven 

I expected to like this way more than I did.

Nadine 

What an excellent story. And how seldom one sees bi-racial families in literature even though it's so normal in life. 
A complex story about lives and identities and the tween years of trying to fit in but still remaining true to who you are, being allowed to make your mistakes in a supportive family and finding out that everything is not the way it appears, particularly when it comes to families.

The Whole Story of Half a Girl

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