171 pages
Published Dec. 24, 2000 by Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Paperbacks for Children.
The skin I'm in
4 stars
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Thirteen-year-old Maleeka, uncomfortable because her skin is extremely dark, meets a new teacher with a birthmark on her face and makes some discoveries about how to love who she is and what she looks like.
Subjects
- African Americans -- Fiction.
- Self-esteem -- Fiction.
- Teachers -- Fiction.
- Schools -- Fiction.
- African Americans -- Fiction.
- Self-esteem -- Fiction.
- Teachers -- Fiction.
- Schools -- Fiction.