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

The Skin I'm In (20th Anniversary Edition)Sharon Flake's award winning debut novel, repackaged with a new cover just in time for its 20th anniversary! 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. 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

"By turns hopeful and devastating

Linh is having a picnic in her rooftop garden for all of her friends

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the invitation to show her paintings at the 1889 Exposition Universelle came at the perfect time

the love of a lifetime--cost her everything

True fans won't let Winter travel alone on this amazing journey

and a transformative encounter

After a long

Their impulsive nuptials might be a blessing in disguise

" —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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but it's the clear-eyed reckoning of his own place within it that tethers the soul of his book