A review by sarahbowman101
Monsoon Summer by Mitali Perkins

4.0

Jazz Gardner is the oldest daughter from an American-adopted Indian-born mother and a white bread dad. Her mother is a social activist in Berkley and decides to head back to the orphanage in India where she was abandoned to open a health clinic and take the whole family for the summer. Jazz is wary of social activism (which was the only odd sticking point for me) do-goodness of her mother, and instead is a young entrepreneur. She is also in love.
Obviously things change while they are in India for the whole family. And I don't think I am giving any spoilers here, but the tidiness of the end was a little too perfect - but overall, I enjoyed this book. Jazz is a typical teen, and her path isn't always easy, but she was a strong identifiable character. This was a fun read and could be recommended to young teens.