Making matters worse, Ellie has also lied to her parents about her GCSE subjects and sooner or later they will find out. A draggy mid part with unnecessary dialogues/scenes (think it could actually be less than 400 pages?

This experience has been fantastic primarily for the children, the school and also for me (professionally). Ellie Pillai shows the reality of being a brown girl in a small white town wonderfully, her quirky personality, love of old music and Sri Lankan background not fitting in well with her peers. The only part I wish had been more fleshed out was the romance - it felt a bit out of nowhere when we learn that [you know who] had feelings for ellie all along for me. An sich ist die Message ja ganz süß, dennoch wurde ähnliches eben schon in hundert anderen Coming of Age-Stories durchgekaut und das etwas besser, denn hier fehlt teilweise der rote Faden und ein ausdrucksstarkes Fazit. however it was really refreshing to read about a brown girl who doesn't hate herself/her parents/her culture (ahem mindy kaling) and i liked how the characters didn't all fall into a stereotype as they usually do.The only reason I went for 4 rather than 5 stars was I felt it was way too long and dragged in places.

The way it did turn out, though, was for the record the way I wanted it to be, and I’ve heard there’s going to be a sequel so I will absolutely be reading that so I can see some more of these characters.This is just a little young for me, which is no fault of the book (it is younger YA), hence the rating.