The Skin I'm In

 

    I love this book. I remember my first time reading this book was in elementary school. I did a whole project on this book. The book was mostly about self-confidence and as a young girl I think it is very important to have that. You can't accomplish anything in life if you don't believe in yourself. Here is a short summary about it.

     A girl named Maleeka Madison who is in seventh grade and she attends McClenton Middle School. Maleeka has very dark black skin. She used to be proud of it, but when her father died, kids started picking on her. Her mother copes with the death by sews her outfits that are no where near “appealing” to the average teenager. Char, the most popular girl in the grade, makes a deal with Maleeka that if she does her home work, Char will stick up for her, bring her clothes to school and Maleeka can begin to hang out hang out with her. Miss Saunders is a new teacher arriving into the school she too gets made fun of because she has a big blotch on her face, which is a birthmark. She doesn't let the other opinions or cruel words of the students bring her down though. She consistently tries to show the students that there's more to life then just failing school to get by.