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The Skin I’m In (20th Anniversary Edition)

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By Sharon Flake

Foreword by Jason Reynolds

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On Sale
Oct 16, 2018
Page Count
192 pages
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN-13
9781368019439

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$12.99

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$16.99 CAD

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  1. ebook

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Winner of the Coretta Scott King award

Sharon Flake’s award-winning, empowering debut novel follows one girl’s struggle toward self acceptance, no matter what the world throws her way. Includes a foreword by bestselling, award-winning author Jason Reynolds!

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. Maleeka does whatever she can to try and fit in and fly under the radar. But it’s never enough. 
 
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?

★ “Flake’s debut novel will hit home.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

Genre:

  • Children's Books
  • Juvenile Fiction
  • People & Places
  • United States
  • African American & Black

Sharon G. Flake has an international reputation as a top author for children and young adults. Her breakout novel and winner of the Coretta Scott King award, The Skin I'm In, established her as a must-read author among middle and high school students, parents, and educators. She has spoken to more than two hundred thousand young people, and hugged nearly as many. Flake has penned nine novels, numerous short stories, plays, and the picture book You Are Not a Cat.

Her work has received numerous awards, such as the Coretta Scott King Honor award and the YWCA Racial Justice Award, and her books have been named to many prestigious lists, including Kirkus Review's Top Ten Books of the Year, Best Books for Young Adults by the American Library Association, Top Ten Books for the Teen Age by the New York Public Library, Top Twenty Recommended Books to Read by the Texas Library Association, 100 Books Every Teenage Girl Should Read, and Booklist Editor's Choice, among others. She lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She invites you to visit her online at sharonflake.com, or follow her on X @sharonflake.

  • Accolades for The Skin I'm In:
    Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award
    New York Public Library Top Ten Book for the Teen Age
    ALA Best Books for Young Adults
    Publishers Weekly Flying Start
    Texas Lonestar Reading List
    YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers
  • * "Flake's debut novel will hit home . . . echoes universal brink-of-adolescence concerns."
    Publishers Weekly, starred review
  • "Funny and clever . . . will pull readers into a world too rarely represented in middle-grade fiction."
    Booklist
  • "Young teens will appreciate Flake's authenticity."
    School Library Journal

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Sharon Flake

About the Author

Sharon G. Flake has an international reputation as a top author for children and young adults. Her breakout novel, The Skin I’m In, established her as a must-read author among middle and high school students, parents, and educators. She has spoken to more than two hundred thousand young people, and hugged nearly as many. Flake has penned nine novels, numerous short stories, plays, and a picture book entitled You Are Not a Cat.

Her work has received numerous awards, such as the Coretta Scott King Honor award and the YWCA Racial Justice Award, and her books have been named to many prestigious lists, including Kirkus Review’s Top Ten Books of the Year, Best Books for Young Adults by the American Library Association, Top Ten Books for the Teen Age by the New York Public Library, Top Twenty Recommended Books to Read by the Texas Library Association, 100 Books Every Teenage Girl Should Read, and Booklist Editor’s Choice, among others. She lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information, go to sharonflake.com, or follow her on Twitter @sharonflake.

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