His clothing and personality are a lot as well. Wesley immediately says that they really shouldn't spend time together, especially after seeing her friends and explaining that she's 'too much.' In contrast, Her best boy-friend, Fabian, is queer and has a huge following on social media. Parvin loves pranking people (and they are extreme pranks). Some might say that he's dressed 'uptight,' perhaps reflecting his personality. When she sees Wesley at orientation, he wears very professional looking clothes and hangs out with kids dressed the same. She will start high school with a boyfriend! Life is great! Until it's not. Swoon! Even better, they will be attending the same school together. Then, Wesley kisses her on the last night and asks her to be his girlfriend. Perfectly Parvin, a rom-com, is a 2023 Lone Star novel.Summer vacation couldn't have been better! Full of pranks with Wesley, a cute guy she meets while at the beach, Parvin has been her crazy self. Olivia Abtahi's debut is as hilarious as it is heartfelt-a delightful tale where, amid the turmoil of high school friendships and crushes, being yourself is always the perfect way to be. Suddenly, being herself has never been more important. And hardest of all, the ramifications of the Muslim ban on her family in Iran. A confusing friendship with a boy who's definitely not supposed to like her.

Also hard? The parent-mandated Farsi lessons.

Those women aren't loud, they certainly don't cackle when they laugh, and they smile much more than they talk.īut Parvin discovers that being a rom-com dream girl is much harder than it looks. Since being herself hasn't worked for her in the past (see aforementioned dumping), she decides to start acting like the women in her favorite rom-coms. There's just one problem: Matty is definitely too cool for bassoon-playing, frizzy-haired, Cheeto-eating Parvin. If Parvin can get Matty to ask her to Homecoming, she's positive it will prove to herself and her ex that she's girlfriend material after all. Enter high school heartthrob Matty Fumero, who just might be the smoking-hot cure to all her boy problems. Not only is she heartbroken, she's humiliated. Parvin Mohammadi has just been dumped-only days after receiving official girlfriend status. Fourteen-year-old Iranian-American Parvin Mohammadi sets out to win the ultimate date to homecoming in this heartfelt and outright hilarious debut.

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