| Title Statement |
Fitting Indian [graphic novel] / Jyoti Chand, Tara Anand. |
| Author |
Chand, Jyoti |
| Additional Contributors |
Anand, Tara |
| Publication |
New York: HarperAlley,[2025]©2025 |
| Edition |
First edition. |
| Extent of Item |
1 volume (unpaged) |
| ISBN |
9780063237537 (trade paperback) |
| Other Number |
pr07453877 |
| General Notes |
Simultaneously published in hardcover: New York : HarperAlley, 2025. |
| Summary |
This teen graphic novel follows one girl's journey navigating high school and her mental health within a traditional South Asian family. All Nitasha's parents want is for her to be the perfect Indian daughter--something she is decidedly not. Everything she does seems to disappoint them, especially her mom. They just don't get that she'll never be like her doctor older brother. To make matters worse, she's never quite felt like she belongs at school either, and lately, her best friend, Ava, and her crush, Henry, seem to be more interested in the rich new girl than in her. Alcohol takes the edge off, but when that doesn't work, Nitasha turns to cutting. She can't stop asking herself: Will she ever be enough for her friends or her family? Or even for herself? This authentic and powerful teen graphic novel shines a light on how harmful the stigma of mental illness is and how lifesaving a community that is honest about mental health can be. |
| Subjects & Genres |
| By Topic |
East Indian American teenagers--Comic books, strips, etc |
| East Indian American teenagers--Comic books, strips, etc--Family relationships |
| East Indian American teenagers--Comic books, strips, etc--Mental health |
| East Indian Americans--Comic books, strips, etc |
| High school girls--Comic books, strips, etc |
| Identity (Psychology)--Comic books, strips, etc |
| Interpersonal relations--Comic books, strips, etc |
| Mental health--Comic books, strips, etc |
| Self-mutilation in adolescence--Comic books, strips, etc |
| Self-mutilation--Comic books, strips, etc |
| By Genre |
Graphic novels |
| Psychological comics |
| School comics |
| Social issue comics |
