The Skin I'm In

This book is about a girl named Maleeka who is very dark skin and thinks that she is not beautiful because of the color of her skin. But when her father died she stop believing that she was beautiful and kids started picking on her. In the seventh grade a girl named Char who is the most popular girl......more

A quick read but such a common story of young children coming of age. The main character Maleeka is a “dark-skinned” black girl who encounters bullying, grief, low self-esteem, self-love, standing up for herself, and so much more. It is powerful in the fact that it does not sugarcoat what is realist......more

This book is so brilliant and I LOVE how honest and raw it is. So so so great. So so powerful. I love Maleeka's character so so much and the ending brought me to tears. If I have kids one day, this'll definitely be one of the books I read them and make them read it. I'm so glad I've read this and I......more

as brewd and amoral human beings we are bound to make mistakes and be judged by our natural flaws and more less our intuitions, we may change for the better and or the worse, nevertheless some cases may be prominent distincts of our own natural apperance or habits. constintly trying to fit in, you m......more

So far in this book everybody at school is making fun of Maleeka because of her nappy hair and her raggy old clothes. John-John is being racist to her and singing a song about her "Maleea Maleeka we sure wanna keep her but she is so black we can't see her". Maleeka thinks the new teacher Miss Sunders......more