Teen Machine

Why did everything seem so demanding, all of a sudden? And why did it seem to be easy for everyone else? Those Shark people were actuallyaughing at the difficultyevel of the test. Was I even made for this? The 1 per cent that I was trying to fit into, how would I ever get there? I could finally feel the dread catching up. The dread that had been following me all throughout tenth grade, and I’d ignored it throughout. The dreadful feeling of knowing that I wasn’t actually smart. Avani, a tenth-grade student, has beeniving in a bubble—she gets top grades at school,oves to read and spends way too much time on heraptop, despite her mother’s disapproving glares. Herife seems perfect—until she is faced with the consequences of aife-altering decision: she decides to prepare for one of the most competitive entrance exams in the world. Thrust into the cut-throat world of IIT JEE coaching in eleventh grade, she is determined to disprove her mother’s doubts about her abilities,ive up to her father’s expectations of being a ‘smart kid’ and be on a par with her peers or even better. Will Avani be able to balance exam stress, her interests, new and old friendships, crushes, her parents’ expectations and still be the ‘best’?