Born confused

About this book

Seventeen-year-old Dimple, whose family is from India, discovers that she is not Indian enough for the Indians and not American enough for the Americans, as she sees her hypnotically beautiful, manipulative best friend taking possession of both her heritage and the boy she likes.

Subjects

  • behavior, fiction
  • best friends
  • children's fiction
  • east indian americans
  • east indian american teenagers
  • family life, fiction
  • fiction
  • friendship
  • friendship, fiction
  • frienship
  • girls
  • identity
  • identity, fiction
  • identity (philosophical concept)
  • identity (psychology)
  • indian americans
  • individuality
  • juvenile fiction
  • photography
  • photography, fiction
  • reading level-grade 10
  • reading level-grade 11
  • reading level-grade 12
  • reading level-grade 9
  • teenagers