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Sonia Patel is a first-generation Indian American born in New York and raised in Hawai’i. Her break-out novel, RANI PATEL IN FULL EFFECT, was a finalist for the William C. Morris Debut Award, a YALSA and Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book, and received four-starred reviews. Her subsequent YA novels JAYA AND RASA: A LOVE STORY and BLOODY SEOUL both received the In the Margins Book Award. She contributed a short story—NOTHING FEELS NO PAIN—to the YA anthology AB(SOLUTELY) NORMAL: SHORT STORIES THAT SMASH MENTAL HEALTH STEREOTYPES. Her fourth YA novel, GITA DESAI IS NOT HERE TO SHUT UP, will be published Summer 2024. As a child and adolescent psychiatrist trained at Stanford University and the University of Hawaii, Patel has spent over twenty years ...more

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	Rani Patel in Full Effect 3.72 avg rating — 783 ratings — published 2016 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ab(solutely) Normal: Short Stories That Smash Mental Health Stereotypes by Nora Shalaway Carpenter (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rocky Callen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nikki Grimes (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 553 ratings — published 2023 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gita Desai Is Not Here to Shut Up 3.74 avg rating — 298 ratings — published 2024 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jaya and Rasa: A Love Story 3.64 avg rating — 287 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bloody Seoul 3.68 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Just YA: Short Poems, Essays, & Fiction for Grades 7-12 by Sarah J. Donovan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Regina Harris Baiocchi, Kristin Bartley Lenz (Goodreads Author) 4.81 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Let's Make It Silly!: Calming Fears of Bad Dreams by Sonia Patel (Goodreads Author), Mentari (illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Even in the vicinity of the intellectual bastion that is Stanford, there’s always white people talking like white people—oblivious and loud, invading and oppressing anyone in their way.”
― Sonia Patel, Gita Desai Is Not Here to Shut Up

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“Modeling is my temporary gig. The money lets me help my parents with their bills and save up for my nonprofit.”
― Sonia Patel, Gita Desai Is Not Here to Shut Up

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“arranged marriage dharma isn’t expunged, only delayed until I graduate from Stanford. As the daughter of strict Gujarati parents, it’s my duty to accept an arranged marriage to a suitable Chha-Gaam—six village—Gujju guy they select for me. Chee.”
― Sonia Patel, Gita Desai Is Not Here to Shut Up

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