Blue boy

by Satyal, Rakesh

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Title Statements

Full title :Blue boy / Rakesh Satyal.

Summary

Satyal's lovely coming-of-age debut charts an Indian-American boy's transformation from mere mortal to Krishnaji, the blue-skinned Hindu deity. Twelve-year-old Kiran Sharma's a bit of an outcast: he likes ballet and playing with his mother's makeup. He also reveres his Indian heritage and convinces himself that the reason he's having trouble fitting in is because he's actually the 10th reincarnation of Krishnaji. He plans to come out to the world at the 1992 Martin Van Buren Elementary School talent show, and much of the book revels in his comical preparations as he creates his costume, plays the flute and practices his dance moves to a Whitney Houston song. But as the performance approaches, something strange happens: Kiran's skin begins to turn blue. Satyal writes with a graceful ease, finding new humor in common awkward pre-teen moments and giving readers a delightful and lively young protagonist.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2009

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Kensington Books
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2009

Notes

Includes Reading Group Guide (pages [269]-272).

The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.

The Physical Object

Description:276 pages ; : 21 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1607518937, 9781607518938, 0758231369, 9780758231369, 9781496712097, 1496712099, 9780758245762, 0758245769
oclc:ocn276816912
LC Classification:PS3619.A8228
Dewey Decimal:813/.6

Subjects

Américains d'origine indienne -- Romans… Bildungsromans Coming of age -- Fiction East Indian Americans East Indian Americans -- Fiction Fiction FICTION -- Coming of Age FICTION -- Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Leg… FICTION / Literary Gay youth Gay youth -- Fiction LGBTQ YA Psychological fiction Self-perception Self-perception -- Fiction