Title: Markita
First published: 1994
Description: For Markita Jackson, being the darkest member of a light-skinned family means being slighted in many little ways. Pleasant stories about beautiful flowers in a colorful human bouquet offer little comfort to a young girl who never feels as special as her fair-skinned cousins.
Subjects: Self-acceptance, African Americans, Prejudices, Fiction, Children's fiction, Prejudices, fiction, African americans, fiction
LC classification: PZ7.N1657 Mar 1994