Ayres, Annie. Booklist 93, 8 (December 15, 1996): 721. Ayres says that "the stories do speak with a lively and authentic accent about the angst of bicultural, female adolescence," in spite of the protagonists of the different stories in Fitting In all seeming to be alike.

Celis, Esther. Skipping Stones 9, 2 (March-April 1997): 7. Admires how the characters in the stories of Fitting In overcome their fears.

Hudak, Melissa. School Library Journal 42,11 (November 1996): 120. Highly recommends Fitting In to libraries.

Publishers Weekly 243, 38 (September 16, 1996): 84. The only negative review of Fitting In.