Born confused

By Tanuja Desai Hidier

Subjects: Photography, fiction, Identity, fiction, Frienship, Indian Americans, Teenagers, Juvenile Fiction, Family life, fiction, Identity (Philosophical concept), Behavior, fiction, Reading Level-Grade 12, Friendship, fiction, Identity, Reading Level-Grade 9, Girls, East Indian Americans, Fiction, Children's fiction, Reading Level-Grade 11, Individuality, Juvenile fiction, Photography, Identity (Psychology), Reading Level-Grade 10, East Indian American teenagers, Best friends, Friendship

Description: 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.