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Erika David, Bruce Geddes, Anna Priemaza, Carlie Sorosiak, Suja Sukumar, and Donia Varghese—For your friendship and enthusiasm and insightful critiques of the manuscript in its various stages.
Florence Lefebvre—You had faith in this book when I didn’t. Merci, mon amie. J’espère que ça te plaît.
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A Girl Like That
About the Author
TANAZ BHATHENA was born in Mumbai and raised in Riyadh, Jeddah and Toronto. Her short stories have appeared in various journals, including Blackbird, Witness, and Room Magazine. A Girl Like That is her first novel. You can sign up for email updates here.
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Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Susan
Malcolm
Susan
Malcolm
Susan
Malcolm
Susan
Malcolm
Susan
Malcolm
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Acknowledgments
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About the Author
Copyright
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
An imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC
175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010
Text copyright © 2019 by Tanaz Bhathena
All rights reserved
First hardcover edition, 2019
eBook edition, February 2019
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Names: Bhathena, Tanaz, author.
Title: The beauty of the moment / Tanaz Bhathena.
Description: First edition. | New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019. | Summary: Sixteen-year-old Susan is the new girl in her Canadian high school, striving to meet her parents’ academic expectations, missing the friends she left behind in Saudi Arabia, dreaming of pursuing her passion for art, and secretly meeting with troublemaker Malcolm.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018009361 | ISBN 9780374308445 (hardcover)
Subjects: LCSH: East Indians—Canada—Juvenile fiction. | CYAC: East Indians—Canada—Fiction. | Dating (Social customs)—Fiction. | Family life—Canada—Fiction. | High schools—Fiction. | Schools—Fiction. | Canada—Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.1.B5324 Be 2019 | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018009361
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