The Best at It by Maulik Pancholy is a moving story about a boy who is determined to be the “best at” something. The protagonist, Rahul, already excels at math, but he resists joining the school “Mathlete” competition because he’s convinced it will brand him as a nerd. Rahul also struggles with compulsive and anxious behavior, and homophobic bullying by a classmate. Nice parts to this book are that Rahul has supportive friends and accepting parents and grandfather who love him unconditionally. As his father puts its, “Rahul. Whether you place first or fifth or thirty-fifth or two thousand and fifth ... and no matter who you are. Your mom and I will always love you.”
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