Sunny G's Series of Rash Decisions
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4.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
“Pitch-perfect. One of the most endearing teen voices I’ve ever encountered.” —Becky Albertalli, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
For fans of Sandhya Menon and Adam Silvera comes a prom-night romantic-comedy romp about a Sikh teen's search for love and identity.
Sunny G's brother left him one thing when he died: His notebook, which Sunny is determined to fill up with a series of rash decisions. Decision number one was a big one: He stopped wearing his turban, cut off his hair, and shaved his beard. He doesn't look like a Sikh anymore. He doesn't look like himself anymore. Even his cosplay doesn't look right without his beard.
Sunny debuts his new look at prom, which he's stuck going to alone. He's skipping the big fandom party—the one where he'd normally be in full cosplay, up on stage playing bass with his band and his best friend, Ngozi—in favor of the Very Important Prom Experience. An experience that's starting to look like a bust.
Enter Mindii Vang, a girl with a penchant for making rash decisions of her own, starting with stealing Sunny's notebook. When Sunny chases after her, prom turns into an all-night adventure—a night full of rash, wonderful, romantic, stupid, life-changing decisions.
* "[For] fans of John Green and Sandhya Menon, Sunny G is . . . full of heart. It's not one to miss.” —Booklist (starred review)
"Reading Sunny G’s Series of Rash Decisions is the best decision you could make.” —Jeff Zentner, award-winning author of The Serpent King
“Poignant and moving.” —Kirkus Reviews
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A year after his beloved older brother Goldy died from alcohol poisoning, Indian American high school senior Sunny Gill is still reeling in this debut. Goldy left Sunny his journal, which Sunny begins to fill with a "Series of Rash Decisions": cutting his hair and shaving his beard, visible signs of Sunny's Sikh faith, and going to prom on the night of Goldy's barsi, which honors his death anniversary, are the first to-dos on the list. But on prom night, Sunny's Nigerian/Ghanian British best friend Ngozi gets Hmong classmate Mindii Vang to draw Sunny away from the dance, persuading him to attend the Snollygoster Soiree, a cosplay event in honor of Sunny's favorite fantasy book series. Told in Sunny's introspective, often stream-of-conscious voice, what unfolds is a night of rash decisions: blazing across town on a motorcycle; "Hmong-level spicy" sausages from a food truck ("a rash decision... for you anyway," Mindii says), and crashing a roller-skating party. Sunny and Mindii connect not only over their shared interests, but their values—including their deep love for family and culture—and their grief in a prom night rom-com that leads with friendship and pathos. Ages 12–up.
