Book Rec

Blue Boy by Rakesh Satyal

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Blue Boy by Rakesh Satyal is a powerful novel about an Indian boy growing up in an all-white community in Ohio. He's an outcast among his classmates because of his ethnicity and is ridiculed by the Indian community for being 'different'. He loves the color pink, ballet, Strawberry Shortcake, dolls, and make-up. The POV is Kiran's, our twelve-year-old hero, and is alternately poignant, humorous, and tragic. I purchased this novel last month at the height of the bullying and suicides. It is a must read for anyone who has a child, a friend or a student going through the same struggle to find their way. The writing is beautiful and the message resonates off each page.





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