Flake, Sharon
New York : Jump at the Sun / Hyperion Paperbacks for Children, 2007.
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• 670 Lexile
• Thirteen-year-old Maleeka, uncomfortable because her skin is extremely dark, meets a new teacher with a birthmark on her face and discovers how to love who she is and what she looks like.
• Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent, 1999.
• Best books for Young Adults, 1999.

Subjects:

• African Americans — Juvenile fiction.
• Self-esteem — Juvenile fiction.
• Teachers — Juvenile fiction.
• Schools — Juvenile fiction.
• African Americans — Fiction.
• African American teenage girls — Fiction.
• Thirteen-year-old girls — Fiction.
• Inner city teenagers — Fiction.
• Inner city school teachers — Fiction.
• Inner city schools — Fiction.
• Self-esteem — Fiction.
• Teachers — Fiction.
• Schools — Fiction.
• African American fiction.
• Realistic fiction.

Requested by East African Education Grant