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Flake,Sharon;
The Skin I'm In.
: Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Paperbacks for Children, 2007 / 1998. $12.36,
ISBN 13: 978-1-42310-385-1 ISBN-10: 1-42310-385-8 .
Note: Thirteen-year old Maleeka Madison is tall, skinny, and dark-skinned. That's a problem for her, because it's such a problem for everyone else at school, it seems. Her journey to self confidence and pride includes a connection to her African heritage.
Reviewed by: Subject: Fiction / African Americans / Diaspora / Black authors |
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