Sunday, October 24, 2010

The Skin Im In

Author: Sharon G. Flake
Summary courtesy of: Sharongflake.com

Paperback, 176 pages
Published January 3rd 2000 by Jump At The Sun (first published 1998)

ISBN: 0786813075 (ISBN13: 9780786813070)
Literary awards:John Steptoe New Talent Author Award for Author (1999)

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.  To make her life easier, Maleeka befriends the toughest girl in school.  Only bullies force you to pay more than you’d like, so life for Maleeka just gets harder, until she learns to stand up for herself and love the skin she's in.

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