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Rani Patel in Full Effect
Contributor(s): Patel, Sonia (Author)

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ISBN: 1941026508     ISBN-13: 9781941026502
Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Self-esteem & Self-reliance
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Sexual Abuse
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Marriage & Divorce
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2016013016
Age Level: 14-17
Grade Level: 9-12
Lexile Measure: 590 HL (High-Low)
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" L (1.05 lbs) 224 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Self-Esteem
- Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural
Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Price on Product
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/01/2016
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2016 pg. 142
Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview 08/15/2016 pg. 74
Booklist 09/01/2016 pg. 109
Shelf Awareness 10/14/2016
School Library Journal 10/01/2016 pg. 114
 
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Publisher Description:
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


Contributor Bio(s): Patel, Sonia: - Sonia Patel knows teenagers inside and out. As a child and adolescent psychiatrist, trained at Stanford University and the University of Hawaii, she has spent over fifteen years listening to and understanding the psyche of teenagers from all walks of life. She's also been a teenage girl herself, growing up on Moloka'i as a first generation Gujarati-American.
As a writer, Sonia is passionate about giving voice to the underrepresented youth she treats. Her YA debut featuring a Gujarati-Indian American teen, Rani Patel In Full Effect, was a finalist for the Morris Award and was listed on YALSA's Best Fiction for Young Adults and Kirkus' Reviews Best Teen Books of 2016. Her second YA novel, with a Gujarati-Indian trans boy and a mixed ethnicity girl, Jaya and Rasa: A Love Story, was selected for the 2019 In the Margins Book Award Recommended Fiction Book List. She chose South Korea as the setting for her third YA novel, Bloody Seoul, because of her extensive treatment experience with Korean and Korean American teens on Oahu (and her love for the Korean gangster film genre).
 
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