How to Find What You're Not Looking For

Product Description
New historical fiction from a Newbery Honor–winning author about how middle schooler Ariel Goldberg's life changes when her big sister elopes following the 1967 Loving v. Virginia decision, and she's forced to grapple with both her family's prejudice and the antisemitism she experiences, as she defines her own beliefs.
Twelve-year-old Ariel Goldberg's life feels like the moment after the final guest leaves the party. Her family's Jewish bakery runs into financial trouble, and her older sister has eloped with a young man from India following the Supreme Court decision that strikes down laws banning interracial marriage. As change becomes Ariel's only constant, she's left to hone something that will be with her always--her own voice.
Review
An Amazon Best Book of the MonthPRAISE FOR HOW TO FIND WHAT YOU'RE NOT LOOKING FOR
by Veera Hiranandani
*"A splendid historical fiction tale of bravery and determination." --School Library Journal,
starred review.*"A powerful blend of important themes and everyday triumphs and sorrows."
, starred review. *"...explores the benefits and costs of assimilation and the complexity of being both white and a religious minority in America then—and now." --Publisher's Weekly
, starred review.
“Gorgeously written and deeply moving, with a main character you can’t help but love,
How to Find What You’re Not Looking For deals with the hardest act in one’s fight for justice—confronting the prejudice of those who are closest to us. Hiranandani is a master.” —Adam Gidwitz, Newbery Honor-winning author of
The Inquisitor’s Tale
About the Author
Veera Hiranandani, author of the Newbery Honor-winning
The Night Diary, earned her MFA in creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College. She is the author of
The Whole Story of Half a Girl, a Sydney Taylor Notable Book and a South Asia Book Award finalist. A former editor at Simon & Schuster, she now teaches creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College's Writing Institute.