Rani Deshpande Takes the Wheel by Avachat, Arushi

Rani Deshpande Takes the Wheel

Rani's summer checklist didn't include falling in love in this sparkling romance for fans of The Summer...
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Author: Arushi Avachat
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Rani Deshpande Takes the Wheel by Avachat, Arushi

Rani Deshpande Takes the Wheel

$19.20

Rani Deshpande Takes the Wheel

$19.20
Author: Arushi Avachat
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Rani's summer checklist didn't include falling in love in this sparkling romance for fans of The Summer of Broken Rules and Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute.

Nineteen-year-old Rani Deshpande is on a mission to reinvent herself the summer before transferring to her new university. After a challenging freshman year, Rani can't help but feel like she's playing catch up. To that end, she's crafted a packed summer to get back on track: a dream internship, adventures with her hometown best friend, and regular driving lessons so that she can finally lose her passenger princess reputation - even if it means learning from her aggravating family friend (and childhood crush), Kush Khanna.

Kush and Rani grew up together, but they couldn't be less alike. Within their close-knit Desi community - a Jane Austen style cast of ridiculous, meddlesome families - Kush is the beloved model son; Rani is more the black sheep. Kush is pre-med; Rani plans to teach elementary school. Kush is cool and collected, bordering on reticent; Rani couldn't keep her mouth shut if her life depended on it. So when their mothers first force the pair to drive together, the arrangement feels like a recipe for disaster. As the lessons progress, however, Rani discovers there's more to the boy she's known her whole life than meets the eye.

In Arushi Avachat's Rani Deshpande Takes the Wheel, Rani must learn to course-correct, no matter how bumpy or windy the road - and even if it includes a detour right into love.

Author: Arushi Avachat
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Published: 05/19/2026
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781250895905
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 04/01/2026
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2026

About the Author
ARUSHI AVACHAT is a writer from the Bay Area. She studied English, Political Science, and South Asian Studies at UCLA. A 2024 Marshall Scholar, Arushi received her MSt in English and American Studies from Oxford University. Arushi loves dark chocolate, Jane Austen books, and California winters. She is the author of Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment and Rani Deshpande Takes the Wheel and a contributor to the YA anthology Study Break.

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