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The Skin I'm In

Written by: Sharon G. Flake
Narrated by: Sisi Aisha Johnson
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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

 Fiction Growing Up Literature & Fiction Discrimination
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"Johnson goes beyond delivering dialogue. She gets beneath the skin of Flake's complicated characters." (Audiofile)
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I LOVED THE BOOK. Read it in grade 8 and came back to re-read it at 25. Even better than the first read. I will pass on books like these to my students and children. Thank you Sharon

I was Hooked, it’s Very Relatable

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