Tag: growing up
Hani and Ishi’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2022/07/01/hani-and-ishis-guide-to-fake-dating-by-adiba-jaigirdar/
Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating manages to be light and romantic, while simultaneously dealing with the issues and perspective of a culture that rarely sees the light of day in Western storytelling. The dual-perspective plot follows two Bengali (one Indian, one Bangladeshi)...
Dumplin’
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2015/10/06/dumplin/
Title: Dumplin’ Author: Julie Murphy Summary: Willowdean Dickson is waiting for that moment when her life will really start. Living in a small Texas town famous for it’s beauty pageant as a fat girl isn’t always easy, but Will knows that she is who...
I’ll Give You the Sun
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2015/03/03/ill-give-you-the-sun/
Title: I’ll Give You the Sun Author: Jandy Nelson Summary: Vibrant, outgoing Jude and shy, artistic Noah are twins. They may not be identical, but they have been together forever. Despite petty jealousies over their parents’ affection, their mother’s ambition for both of them to attend a prestigious...