That Thing about Bollywood by Supriya Kelkar

Sonali knows something has gone wrong, and she suspects it has something to do with her own mismanaged emotions. And somehow, everyone is acting as if this is totally normal. Her friends are also breaking out into song and dance. Her parents have had Bollywood makeovers. The next morning, much to her dismay, Sonali's reality has shifted. When Sonali gets upset during a field trip, she can't bury her feelings like usual-instead, she suddenly bursts into a Bollywood song-and-dance routine about why she's upset! The Southern California tween has long shouldered the burden of her parents’ nonstop arguingdistracting her little brother when it makes him cry stuffing her own feelings and obeying her father’s code of secrecy and stoicism. But then something strange happens, something magical, maybe. by Supriya Kelkar RELEASE DATE: Sixth grader Sonali learns a dramatic lesson about emotional honesty. It's embarrassing to let out so many feelings, to show the world how not okay you are. That Thing about Bollywood Supriya Kelkar ×Close Description Bollywood takes over in this contemporary, magical middle grade novel about an Indian American girl whose world turns upside down when she involuntarily starts bursting into glamorous song-and-dance routines during everyday life. Supriya’s books include Ahimsa, American as Paneer Pie, and That Thing about Bollywood, among others. Sonali's little brother, Ronak, is not taking the news well, constantly crying. The truth is, Sonali's parents don't get along, and it looks like they might be separating.

You know how in Bollywood when people are in love, they sing and dance from the mountaintops? Eleven-year-old Sonali wonders if they do the same when they're breaking up.

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That Thing about Bollywood by Supriya Kelkar