The Life Im In, Sharon G. Flake
The Life Im In, Sharon G. Flake
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The Life I'm In

Author: Sharon G. Flake

Narrator: Bahni Turpin

Unabridged: 9 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/05/2021


Synopsis

The powerful and long-anticipated companion to The Skin I'm In, Sharon Flake's bestselling modern classic, presents the unflinching story of Char, a young woman trapped in the underworld of human trafficking.My feet are heavy as stones when I walk up the block wondering why I can't find my old self. In The Skin I'm In, readers saw into the life of Maleeka Madison, a teen who suffered from the ridicule she received because of her dark skin color. For decades fans have wanted to know the fate of the bully who made Maleeka's life miserable, Char.Now in Sharon Flake's latest and unflinching novel, The Life I'm In, we follow Charlese Jones, who, with her raw, blistering voice speaks the truths many girls face, offering insight to some of the causes and conditions that make a bully. Turned out of the only home she has known, Char boards a bus to nowhere where she is lured into the dangerous web of human trafficking. Much is revealed behind the complex system of men who take advantage of vulnerable teens in the underbelly of society. While Char might be frightened, she remains strong and determined to bring herself and her fellow victims out of the dark and back into the light, reminding us why compassion is a powerful cure to the ills of the world.Sharon Flake's bestselling, Coretta Scott King Award-winning novel The Skin I'mIn was a game changer when it was first published more than twenty years ago. It redefined young adult literature by presenting characters, voices, and real-world experiences that had not been fully seen. Now Flake offers readers another timely and radical story of a girl on the brink and how her choices will lead her to either fall, or fly.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brittany on February 04, 2021

What an emotionally taxing read. I can’t speak highly enough about this book and the gems it drops for our young readers. Powerful powerful powerful. What a fantastic protagonist Char was. Also: audiobook *chefs kiss* I will forever be a Bahni Turpin fan. More thoughts to come.......more

Goodreads review by Liza on March 02, 2021

Vivid, heart-wrenching, and hopeful, Sharon Flake is a superstar author who shares Char's story with such painful honesty, we must not look away or be silent. Human trafficking is not something that most of us think about everyday or hear about in the news everyday, yet it's destroying lives. Every.......more

Goodreads review by Misse on October 28, 2021

I know I ain’t done healing. I know I still need counseling. But I color myself happy anyway, ‘cause I am. In the companion novel to the bestselling, The Skin I’m In, The Life I’m in by Sharon G. Flake is a phenomenally written follow-up that highlights what happens to girls when they begin to stand......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on July 10, 2021

The Skin I'm In (published way back in 1998) touched me deeply with its character development and study of how bullies operate. My heart ached for its protagonist, Maleeka Madison, and all the things she endured. It was easy to dislike, maybe even hate, her tormentor, Charlese Jones. In this compani......more