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