The Resource The skin I'm in, Sharon G. Flake
The skin I'm in, Sharon G. Flake
Resource Information
The item The skin I'm in, Sharon G. Flake represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Indiana State Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item The skin I'm in, Sharon G. Flake represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Indiana State Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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- Summary
- Thirteen-year-old Maleeka Madison, insecure about her very dark skin, rejects the support of a new teacher, Miss Saunders, whose skin looks blotched because of a rare medical condition--but soon Maleeka begins to see that Miss Saunders could be a role model, and that she must learn to love herself and accept love from others
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print ed..
- Extent
- 173 pages (large print)
- Isbn
- 9780786221790
- Label
- The skin I'm in
- Title
- The skin I'm in
- Statement of responsibility
- Sharon G. Flake
- Title variation
- Skin I am in
- Subject
-
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- trueBooks for reluctant readers
- trueColor of African Americans
- trueAfrican American fiction
- trueAfrican American teenage girls
- African Americans -- Fiction
- Schools -- Fiction
- trueSelf-acceptance in African American girls
- trueSelf-acceptance in teenage girls
- trueSelf-esteem
- Self-esteem -- Fiction
- trueSelf-esteem in African American teenage girls
- trueSelf-esteem in teenage girls
- trueSocial acceptance in teenagers
- trueTeacher-student relationships
- Teachers -- Fiction
- trueThirteen-year-old girls
- trueWriting
- trueInner city school teachers
- trueInner city schools
- trueInner city teenagers
- Large type books
- trueLookism
- trueRealistic fiction
- trueSchools
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Thirteen-year-old Maleeka Madison, insecure about her very dark skin, rejects the support of a new teacher, Miss Saunders, whose skin looks blotched because of a rare medical condition--but soon Maleeka begins to see that Miss Saunders could be a role model, and that she must learn to love herself and accept love from others
- Summary
- Thirteen-year-old Maleeka, uncomfortable because her skin is extremely dark, meets a new teacher and makes some discoveries about how to love who she is and what she looks like
- Award
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- John Steptoe Award for New Talent, Author Category, 1999.
- YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, 1999
- YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, 2010
- YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 1999
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 076047
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Flake, Sharon
- Dewey number
- [Fic]
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- Young Adult
- Intended audience source
- Follett Library Resources
- LC call number
- PZ7.F59816
- LC item number
- Sk 1999
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 670
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- 7
- 9
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Large type books
- African Americans
- Large type books
- African Americans
- Self-esteem
- Teachers
- Schools
- African Americans
- Self-esteem
- Teachers
- Schools
- Target audience
- pre adolescent
- Label
- The skin I'm in, Sharon G. Flake
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 13946429
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- Large print ed..
- Extent
- 173 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780786221790
- Isbn Type
- (sc : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 99043308
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
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- (PPL)7747
- (IMchF)fol05517842
- Label
- The skin I'm in, Sharon G. Flake
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 13946429
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- Large print ed..
- Extent
- 173 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780786221790
- Isbn Type
- (sc : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 99043308
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (PPL)7747
- (IMchF)fol05517842
Subject
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- trueBooks for reluctant readers
- trueColor of African Americans
- trueAfrican American fiction
- trueAfrican American teenage girls
- African Americans -- Fiction
- Schools -- Fiction
- trueSelf-acceptance in African American girls
- trueSelf-acceptance in teenage girls
- trueSelf-esteem
- Self-esteem -- Fiction
- trueSelf-esteem in African American teenage girls
- trueSelf-esteem in teenage girls
- trueSocial acceptance in teenagers
- trueTeacher-student relationships
- Teachers -- Fiction
- trueThirteen-year-old girls
- trueWriting
- trueInner city school teachers
- trueInner city schools
- trueInner city teenagers
- Large type books
- trueLookism
- trueRealistic fiction
- trueSchools
Genre
- Fiction
- Juvenile fiction
- trueRealistic fiction
- trueAfrican American fiction
- trueBooks for reluctant readers
Included in
- trueYALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults: Bodies (2010)
- trueYALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers: 1999
- trueCoretta Scott King Award: John Steptoe Award for New Talent (Authors)
- trueYALSA Best Books for Young Adults: 1999
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
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