The Whole Story of Half a Girl

About this book

What greater praise than to be compared to Judy Blume!--"Each Blume and Hiranandani excels in charting the fluctuating discomfort zones of adolescent identity with affectionate humor."--Kirkus Reviews Starred After her father loses his job Sonia Nadhamuni half Indian and half Jewish American finds herself yanked out of private school and thrown into the unfamiliar world of public education. For the first time Sonias mixed heritage makes her classmates ask questionsquestions Sonia doesnt always know how to answeras she navigates between a group of popular girls who want her to try out for the cheerleading squad and other students who arent part of the "in" crowd. At the same time that Sonia is trying to make new friends shes dealing with what it means to have an out-of-work parentits hard for her family to adjust to their changed circumstances. And then one day Sonias father goes missing. Now Sonia wonders if she ever really knew him. As she begins to look for answers she must decide what really matters and who her true friends areand whether her two halves no matter how different can make her a whole.