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THE MOST PRECIOUS SUBSTANCE ON EARTH
By: Shashi Bhat
Grand Central Publishing
July 2022
On Sale: June 28, 2022
Featuring: Nina
272 pages
ISBN: 1538707918
EAN: 9781538707913
Kindle: B09HQLK4T7
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Women's Fiction | Coming of Age
Bright, hilarious, and sensitive fourteen-year-old Nina spends her spare time reading Beowulf and flirting with an internet predator. She has a vicious crush on her English teacher, and her best friend Amy is slowly drifting away. Meanwhile, Nina’s mother tries to match her up with local Indian boys unfamiliar with her Saved by the Bell references, and Nina’s worried father has started reciting Hindu prayers outside her bedroom door. Beginning with a disturbing incident at her high school, THE MOST PRECIOUS SUBSTANCE ON EARTH tells stories of Nina’s life from the ‘90s to present day, when she returns to the classroom as a high school teacher with a haunting secret and discovers that the past is never far behind her.
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