cover image BORN CONFUSED

BORN CONFUSED

Tanuja Desai Hidier, Tanuja Desai Hidier, . . Scholastic/Push, $7.99 (500pp) ISBN 978-0-439-51011-0

"An engrossing, personal account of the Indian-American experience through the eyes of a New Jersey teen," wrote PW in a boxed review. "On one level, the book explores the growing pains, rebellious phases, peer pressures and first love experienced universally by teens. On a deeper level, it celebrates a harmonious blending of cultures as it traces one adolescent's bumpy trek toward self-actualization." Ages 13-up. (July)