Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating -- Adiba Jaigirdar

Everyone likes Humaira Hani Khan--she's easy going and one of the most popular girls at school. But when she comes out to her friends as bisexual, they invalidate her identity, saying she can't be bi if she's only dated guys. Panicked, Hani blurts out that she's in a relationship...with a girl her friends absolutely hate--Ishita Ishu Dey. Ishu is the complete opposite of Hani. She's an academic overachiever who hopes that becoming head girl will set her on the right track for college. But Ishita agrees to help Hani, if Hani will help her become more popular so that she stands a chance of being elected head girl.

Despite their mutually beneficial pact, they start developing real feelings for each other. But relationships are complicated, and some people will do anything to stop two Bengali girls from achieving happily ever after.

Author: Adiba Jaigirdar
Publisher: Page Street Kids
Published: 05/25/2021
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.60w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9781645672579
Age Range: 14-UP

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 05/01/2021 pg. 46
School Library Journal 05/01/2021 pg. 85
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2021
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2021 pg. 112

About the Author
Adiba Jaigirdar is a Bangladeshi and Irish writer and teacher and the author of The Henna Wars, which Kirkus called "impossible to put down." She is also a contributor for Book Riot. She lives in Dublin, Ireland.