description: Sharon Flake's award-winning debut novel!Maleeka suffers every day from the taunts of the other kids in her class. If they're not getting at her about her homemade clothes or her good grades, it's about her dark, black skin. When a new teacher, whose face is blotched with a startling white patch, starts at their school, Maleeka can see there is bound to be trouble for her too. But the new teacher's attitude surprises Maleeka. Miss Saunders loves the skin she's in. Can Maleeka learn to do the same?
language: English
title: The Skin I'm In
titlecomplete: The Skin I'm In
genres: Fiction, Coming Of Age, Teen, School, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Chapter Books, Realistic Fiction, Contemporary, African American
ratings_count: 16198
places: The United States of America
series: The Skin I'm In
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: John Steptoe New Talent Award
category: Author, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Middle School/Junior High
publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers