The Resource Blue boy, Rakesh Satyal
Blue boy, Rakesh Satyal
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 276 pages
- Note
- Includes Reading Group Guide (p. [269]-272)
- Isbn
- 9780758231369
- Label
- Blue boy
- Title
- Blue boy
- Statement of responsibility
- Rakesh Satyal
- Subject
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- trueGay boys
- Fiction
- trueGay boys -- Identity
- trueGender role
- LGBTQ YA
- trueNormality (Psychology)
- truePurpose in life
- trueSexuality
- trueSocial conflict
- trueBelonging
- Bildungsromans
- trueCincinnati, Ohio
- Coming of age -- Fiction
- trueEast Indian Americans
- East Indian Americans
- East Indian Americans -- Fiction
- trueEast Indian Americans -- Identity
- trueFamily relationships
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Award
-
- Lambda Literary Award for Gay Men's Debut Fiction, 2010.
- Rainbow List, 2010.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 306183
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Satyal, Rakesh
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- East Indian Americans
- Coming of age
- East Indian Americans
- Label
- Blue boy, Rakesh Satyal
- Note
- Includes Reading Group Guide (p. [269]-272)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 735198
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 276 pages
- Isbn
- 9780758231369
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- 2009281907
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780758231369
- (OCoLC)276816912
- Label
- Blue boy, Rakesh Satyal
- Note
- Includes Reading Group Guide (p. [269]-272)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 735198
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 276 pages
- Isbn
- 9780758231369
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- 2009281907
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780758231369
- (OCoLC)276816912
Subject
- trueGay boys
- Fiction
- trueGay boys -- Identity
- trueGender role
- LGBTQ YA
- trueNormality (Psychology)
- truePurpose in life
- trueSexuality
- trueSocial conflict
- trueBelonging
- Bildungsromans
- trueCincinnati, Ohio
- Coming of age -- Fiction
- trueEast Indian Americans
- East Indian Americans
- East Indian Americans -- Fiction
- trueEast Indian Americans -- Identity
- trueFamily relationships
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