(Note: It's pretty far.) In this wholly unique, wickedly funny debut novel, Rahul Kanakia consciously uses the rules of storytelling-and then breaks them to pieces. And when the valedictorian spot begins to slip from her grasp, she'll have to decide just how far she'll go for that satisfying ending. Of course, even with a mastermind like Reshma in charge, things can't always go as planned. And she's already planned the perfect ending: after struggling for three hundred pages with her own perfectionism, Reshma will learn that meaningful relationships can be more important than success-a character arc librarians and critics alike will enjoy. We Are Totally Normal Naomi Kanakia HarperCollins, Young Adult Fiction - 288 pages 1 Review Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its. For starters, she has to make a friend, then get a boyfriend. To make herself a more relatable protagonist, she must start doing all the regular American girl stuff she normally ignores. But she's convinced no one would want to read a novel about a study machine like her. Linda wants to represent Reshma, and, with her new agent's help scoring a book deal, Reshma knows she'll finally have the key to Stanford. Which is exactly what Reshma does after agent Linda Montrose spots an article she wrote for Huffington Post. What's a habitual over-achiever to do? Land herself a literary agent, of course. But there are plenty of perfect students in the country, and if Reshma wants to get into Stanford, and into med school after that, she needs the hook to beat them all. She's the top-ranked senior at her ultra-competitive Silicon Valley high school, with a spotless academic record and a long roster of extracurriculars.

I'm your protagonist-Reshma Kapoor-and if you have the free time to read this book, then you're probably nothing like me.

Just Happy to Be Here by Naomi Kanakia