Genesis begins again by Williams, Alicia 

Paperback(Atheneum, 2019)

BTSB #: 949805 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-13   
AR: 4.5 MG RC: 4.2 6-8 Lexile: 670 F&P: Y

Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Human skin color - Fiction Self-esteem - Fiction Family problems - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Prejudices - Fiction Moving - Fiction

Summary: Thirteen-year-old Genesis tries again and again to lighten her black skin, thinking it is the root of her family's troubles, before discovering reasons to love herself as is.

Genesis begins again by Williams, Alicia 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum, 2019)

BTSB #: 949807 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-13   
AR: 4.5 MG RC: 4.2 6-8 Lexile: 670 F&P: Y

Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Human skin color - Fiction Self-esteem - Fiction Family problems - Fiction African Americans - Fiction Prejudices - Fiction Moving - Fiction

Summary: Thirteen-year-old Genesis tries again and again to lighten her black skin, thinking it is the root of her family's troubles, before discovering reasons to love herself as is.

More than peach : "changing the world ... one crayon at a time!" by Woodard, Bellen 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic, 2022)

BTSB #: 963778 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-7   
AR: 3 LG

Genres: Multicultural

Subjects: Crayons - Fiction Human skin color - Fiction

Summary: A Black girl's simple observation propels her into activism. Includes back matter about becoming a leader and improving your community.

Nesting dolls by Brantley-Newton, Vanessa 

BTSB Prebound(Crown Books for Young Readers, 2023)

BTSB #: 147153 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 510 AD F&P: Q

Genres: Family Life Multicultural

Subjects: Identity (Psychology) - Fiction Self-perception - Fiction Human skin color - Fiction African Americans - Fiction

Summary: A little girl struggling to find her place within her family is shown how special she is through a set of nesting dolls.

Passing [Modern Library Torchbearers]by Larsen, Nella 

Paperback(The Modern Library, 2019)

BTSB #: 543583 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
AR: 5.7 UG Lexile: 810 HL

Genres:

Subjects: African American women - Fiction Racially mixed people - Fiction Identity (Psychology) - Fiction Impostors and imposture - Fiction Human skin color - Fiction New York (N.Y.) - Fiction

Summary: Irene Redfield is living an affluent life with her husband and children in the thriving African American enclave of Harlem in the 1920s. That is, until she runs into her childhood friend, Clare Kendry. Since they last saw each other, Clare, who is similarly light-skinned, has been "passing" for a white woman, married to a racist man who does not know about his wife's real identity, which she has chosen to hide from the rest of the world. Irene is both fascinated and repulsed by Clare's secret.