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The Skin I'm In
The Skin I'm In
By: Sharon G. Flake (with A Foreword By: Jason Reynolds
Three-Time Coretta Scott King Award- Winning Author
Blurb: Maleeka suffers every day from the taunts of the other kids in her class. If they're not getting at her about her about her homemade clothes of her good grades, it's about her dark skin. When a new teacher, whose face is blotched with a startling white patch, starts at their school, Maleeka can see there is bound to be trouble for her, too. But the new teacher's attitude surprises Maleeka. Miss Saunders loves the skin she's in. Can Maleeka learn to do the same?
Blurb: Maleeka suffers every day from the taunts of the other kids in her class. If they're not getting at her about her about her homemade clothes of her good grades, it's about her dark skin. When a new teacher, whose face is blotched with a startling white patch, starts at their school, Maleeka can see there is bound to be trouble for her, too. But the new teacher's attitude surprises Maleeka. Miss Saunders loves the skin she's in. Can Maleeka learn to do the same?
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