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Skin I'm in
Author: Flake, Sharon

Publisher: Disney/Jump at the Sun (2018)

Classification: Fiction
Physical Description: 163 p., 21 cm

BTSB No: 340074

ISBN: 9780786804443

Ages: 10-16

Grades: 5-11

Subjects:
African Americans -- Fiction
Self-esteem -- Fiction
Teachers -- Fiction
School stories

Price: $9.83

Summary:
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.

Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: MG
   Reading Level: 4.10
   Points: 4.0   Quiz: 32275

Reading Counts Information:
   Interest Level: 6-8
   Reading Level: 6.10
   Points: 9.0   Quiz: 18929

Awards:
Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award, 1999

Reviews:
   Kirkus Reviews (10/01/98)
   School Library Journal (00/11/98)
   Booklist (09/01/98)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/11/19)

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