When Dimple Met Rishi (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781481478687)

The inspiration for the Netflix original series Mismatched!

A New York Times bestseller
A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021)
An NPR Best Book of 2017
A Buzzfeed Best YA Book of 2017
A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of 2017
A School Library Journal Best Young Adult Book of 2017
A Bustle Best YA Novel of 2017
A PopSugar Best Young Adult Novel of 2017
A Book Riot Best Book of 2017
A Paste Magazine Best Young Adult Novel of 2017

"Utterly charming." --Mindy Kaling
"Effervescent." --Chicago Tribune
"Full of warm characters and sweet romance." --Entertainment Weekly
"Get ready to fall in love with Dimple Shah and Rishi Patel." --HelloGiggles

​The rom-com everyone's talking about! Eleanor & Park meets Bollywood in this hilarious and heartfelt novel about two Indian-American teens whose parents conspire to arrange their marriage.

Dimple Shah has it all figured out. With graduation behind her, she's more than ready for a break from her family, from Mamma's inexplicable obsession with her finding the "Ideal Indian Husband." Ugh. Dimple knows they must respect her principles on some level, though. If they truly believed she needed a husband right now, they wouldn't have paid for her to attend a summer program for aspiring web developers...right?

Rishi Patel is a hopeless romantic. So when his parents tell him that his future wife will be attending the same summer program as him--wherein he'll have to woo her--he's totally on board. Because as silly as it sounds to most people in his life, Rishi wants to be arranged, believes in the power of tradition, stability, and being a part of something much bigger than himself.

The Shahs and Patels didn't mean to start turning the wheels on this "suggested arrangement" so early in their children's lives, but when they noticed them both gravitate toward the same summer program, they figured, Why not?

Dimple and Rishi may think they have each other figured out. But when opposites clash, love works hard to prove itself in the most unexpected ways.

Author: Sandhya Menon
ISBN-10: 1481478680
ISBN-13: 9781481478687
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 05/30/2017
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.30d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.1
Point Value: 14
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 190496 / When Dimple Met Rishi


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 03/01/2017 pg. 138
Booklist 04/01/2017 pg. 74
Publishers Weekly 03/27/2017
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2017 pg. 138
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2017
Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2017 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2017 pg. 138 - Recommended, Satisfactory