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| Product Details |
| 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. |
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Key Information
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| Authors: |
Sharon G. Flake |
| Fiction Subgenre: |
Afro-Americans - Fiction |
| Fiction Genre: |
Education |
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Professional Reviews
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Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books: "Flake has a strong sense of the group dynamics among junior-high students....Readers looking for their own identities may find Maleeka's struggle and eventual triumph a heartening mirror to their own quest for self." |
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Book Editions
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- Hardcover - Prebinding
- April 01, 2007
- Bt Bound
- 8.25"(h) x 5.75"(w) x 0.75"(d), 0.64 lbs.
- 9781417808601
, - Hardcover - Reinforced Hardcover
- 192
- October 01, 1998
- Disney Pr
- 8.5"(h) x 5.75"(w) x 0.75"(d), 0.7 lbs.
- 9780786823925
, - Other -
- 171
- January 01, 2007
- Fitzgerald Books
- 7.5"(h) x 5.25"(w) x 0.5"(d), 0.6 lbs.
- 9781424203635
, - Paperback
- 171
- July 17, 2007
- Jump at the Sun
- 8.25"(h) x 5.5"(w) x 0.5"(d), 0.45 lbs.
- 9781423103851
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First Line
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| Publisher's Note: |
The first time I seen her, I got a bad feeling inside. |
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