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    While You Were Dreaming
    While You Were Dreaming
    While You Were Dreaming
    Audiobook12 hours

    While You Were Dreaming

    Written by Alisha Rai

    Narrated by Soneela Nankani

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    In this debut contemporary YA romance by bestselling author Alisha Rai, a girl with undocumented family members goes viral after saving her crush’s life in disguise. A must read for fans of Sandhya Menon and Nicola Yoon. 

    A Phenomenal Book Club Pick!

    It’s a classic story: girl meets boy, girl falls for boy, boy finally notices girl when he sees her in a homemade costume. At least, that’s what Sonia Patil is hoping for when she plans to meet her crush at the local comic-con in cosplay.

    But instead of winning her crush over, Sonia rescues him after he faints into a canal and, suddenly, everything changes. Since she was in disguise, no one knows who the masked do-gooder was . . .but everyone is trying to find out. Sonia can’t let that happen—her sister is undocumented, and the girls have been flying under the radar since their mother was deported back to Mumbai.

    Sonia finds herself hiding from social media detectives and trying to connect with her crush and his family. But juggling crushes and a secret identity might just take superpowers. Can Sonia hide in plain sight forever?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateMar 21, 2023
    ISBN9780063083998
    While You Were Dreaming
    Author

    Alisha Rai

    Alisha Rai pens award-winning contemporary romances, and her novels have been named Best Books of the Year by the Washington Post, NPR, Amazon, Entertainment Weekly, Kirkus, and Cosmopolitan magazine. When she’s not writing, Alisha is traveling or tweeting. To find out more about her books or to sign up for her newsletter, visit alisharai.com.  

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    • 4/5
      Enjoyed it! It was very realistic parts regarding being an illegal immigrate in America. I honestly never understood what they have to go through to remain unnoticed in the world. The only problem was I never got a complete ending to the pressing topic. Overall great work
    • 5/5
      It was a feel good cute story. Enjoyed it a lot.