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Skin I'm In, The
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Overview
Sharon Flake's award-winning debut novel
Maleeka suffers every day from the taunts of the other kids in her class. If they're not getting at her about her homemade clothes or her good grades, it's about her dark, black 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?
"Funny and clever … will pull readers into a world too rarely represented in middle-grade fiction."—Booklist
Details
- ISBN-13: 9781428193901
- Publisher: Recorded Books
- Publish Date: Mar 2008
- Author: Sharon G. Flake
- Narrator: Sisi Aisha Johnson
- Duration: 03:51:30