num_pages: 176
description: Miss Saunders, whose skin is blotched with a rare skin condition, serves as a mirror to Maleeka Madison's struggle against the burden of low self-esteem that many black girls face when they're darker skinned. Miss Saunders is tough and through this, Maleeka learns to stand up to tough-talking Charlese.
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: 16191
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