Description of Skunk Girl:

    (from the website of Macmillan)

    As if navigating high school isn't hard enough, 16 year old Nina Khan also has to deal with being the only Pakistani-American at Deer Hook High, the impossibility of living up to her brainiac older sister Sonia, the social restrictions placed on by her parents, her genetic disposition toward body hair, and falling hard for the new boy in school.  In this wryly funny debut novel, the smart, sassy, and utterly lovable Nina Khan tackles friends, family, and love, and learns that it’s possible to embrace two very different cultures – even if things can get a little bit, well, hairy.