The best at it

Title
The best at it

Personal Author EPSB
Maulik, Pancholy

Summary
"Rahul Kapoor is heading into seventh grade in a small town in Indiana. The start of middle school is making him feel increasingly anxious, so his favorite person in the whole world, his grandfather Bhai, gives him some well-meaning advice: Find one thing you're really good at. And become the BEST at it. Those four little words sear themselves into Rahul's brain. While he's not quite sure what that special thing is, he is convinced that once he finds it, bullies like Brent Mason will stop torturing him at school. And he won't be worried about staring too long at his classmate Justin Emery. With his best friend, Chelsea, by his side, Rahul is ready to crush this challenge. . . . But what if he discovers he isn't the best at anything?"--Goodreads.com.

Year Published
2019-2020

Physical Description
320 pages ; 19m.

Awards
Stonewall Book Honor, 2020.

Subject
Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Fiction.
 
Sexual minorities -- Fiction.
 
Anxiety -- Fiction.
 
Middle schools -- Fiction.
 
Schools -- Fiction.
 
Bullying -- Fiction.
 
East Indian Americans -- Fiction.
 
Families -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
Indiana -- Fiction.

Genre
Bildungsromans.

Summary
"Rahul Kapoor is heading into seventh grade in a small town in Indiana. The start of middle school is making him feel increasingly anxious, so his favorite person in the whole world, his grandfather Bhai, gives him some well-meaning advice: Find one thing you're really good at. And become the BEST at it. Those four little words sear themselves into Rahul's brain. While he's not quite sure what that special thing is, he is convinced that once he finds it, bullies like Brent Mason will stop torturing him at school. And he won't be worried about staring too long at his classmate Justin Emery. With his best friend, Chelsea, by his side, Rahul is ready to crush this challenge. . . . But what if he discovers he isn't the best at anything?"--Goodreads.com.

ISBN
9780062866424
 
9781338734287
 
9780062866417

Publisher
New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, 2019.
 
New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2020.
 
New York : Scholastic, 2020.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
DelwoodF PANBook30194000035092Fiction