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Original Title:	Born Confused
ISBN:	0439510112 (ISBN13: 9780439510110)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Born Confused #1
Literary Awards:	Lincoln Award Nominee (2005), Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for Children and Young Adult Honor (2003)

Born Confused (Born Confused #1)

Tanuja Desai Hidier

Paperback | Pages: 512 pages

Rating: 3.81 | 4919 Users | 464 Reviews

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Title	:	Born Confused (Born Confused #1)
Author	:	Tanuja Desai Hidier
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 512 pages
Published	:	July 1st 2003 by Scholastic Paperbacks (first published October 1st 2002)
Categories	:	Young Adult. Fiction. Romance. Contemporary. Coming Of Age. Realistic Fiction

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Dimple Lala doesn't know what to think. Her parents are from India, and she's spent her whole life resisting their traditions. Then suddenly she gets to high school and everything Indian is trendy. To make matters worse, her parents arrange for her to meet a "suitable boy." Of course it doesn't go well -- until Dimple goes to a club and finds him spinning a magical web . Suddenly the suitable boy is suitable because of his sheer unsuitability. Complications ensue. This is a funny, thoughtful story about finding your heart, finding your culture, and finding your place in America.

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This is a knock-out coming of age YA novel about identity, belonging, friendship, and romance. It's the story of Dimple finding out who she is as a person, discovering what her passions are, (re)connecting with her culture and family, reimagining an old friendship, and falling in love for the first time. There's a lot in here about feeling stuck between cultures: too Indian to really be American, and too American to really be Indian. I loved the characterization and I loved the writing. I

So many aspects of this book were excellent. The main character, Dimple, is wonderful and well-drawn. Her parents are so adorable and honestly portrayed, you want to put them in your pocket. The "Indian thing" is handled with grace; it's an actual exploration of what it means to belong to an ethnicity outside of its place of origin rather than a trite "I feel weird, people look different than me" sort of story. I thought Gwen was a hateful, awful person, but she was interesting and held my

It is not just the fact that I identified so closely with this book that made me like it so much. Or maybe it is. Maybe the fact that the book so blithely talked about something that was close to my own reality that made me prize it above others. Or maybe its because Dimple is a well drawn character, who is so very dynamic in emotional growth throughout the novel. Or her juxtaposition with the best friend who is in search for a culture and finds one, the very one that Dimple is so determined to

I read this in my teens and remember feeling as if I shouldn't be (I don't know why) but enjoying it a lot. Completely forgot what it was called until now. Must read again!

Goes far beyond the surface story of a Jersey girl with parents from India, living in the shadow of her attention-seeking white bestie, and competing over a boy. This long, intricate book takes its time to explore friendships, crushes, identity and feeling at home in your skin. I've read very few YA novels in which a girl narrator is developing a technical skill as well as her confidence. The section on friendship rifts and being a third wheel is the best I've ever read on the subject. This is

I loved the idea of this book, but I really disliked the execution. Dimple Lala is an American born South Asian who can't decide where she fits in. She doesn't embrace her Indian culture, but she also can't fit in mainstream American culture. The main idea of this book is supposed to be Dimple's journey to self-discovery and understanding of her culture. A great idea, but it goes horribly wrong.My first problem is that Dimple seems to ignore the best parts of her culture and embrace the worst

I'm torn as to how I feel about this book. First off, please read Briynne's reviews of this book on here. She does a great job of expressing some of my thoughts about the book.When I first picked this up, I got into it and enjoyed reading it but maybe about 1/3 of the way through the story just felt incredibly drawn out. I can understand Dimple's identity crisis and teenage angst regarding, well, being a teenager and also being an Asian American teenager, but most of the time I wanted to shake