The skin I'm in /

Flake, Sharon G.

The skin I'm in / [by] Sharon G. Flake. - New York : Hyperion, 2000,c1998. - 171 p. ; 20 cm.

Coretta Scott King Award Winner

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.

6. 5-9. 670 Lexile

0786813075 (pbk.)


African Americans--Fiction.
Self-esteem--Fiction.
Teachers--Fiction.
School stories.
Young Adult

Fic