Interest Level
Grades 9 - 12
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 9.1
Lexile Measure®: 670L
DRA: Not Available
Guided Reading: NR
Genre
- Realistic Fiction
Theme/Subject
- Adolescent Issues
- Middle School
- African American
- Pride and Self-Esteem
- Tolerance and Acceptance
- Friends and Friendship
- Prejudice and Tolerance Experiences
Sensitivity
- Objectionable Language
Reading Quiz Programs
About This Book
Maleeka Madison is a strong student who has had enough of being teased about her "too black" skin and handmade clothes. So when she starts seventh grade, she decides to adopt a sassier attitude and a tougher circle of friends. The last thing she expects is to get "messed up" with another "freak," but that's exactly what happens.
After a new teacher, whose face is disfigured from a skin disease, enters her life, will Maleeka be able to learn to love the skin she's in?
Winner of the 1999 Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award for new authors.
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