Genesis begins again /Alicia D. Williams.

By:

Williams, Alicia, 1970- [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

Audience:

Age level: Children
Age level: Preteens
Educational level group: Fourth grade students
Educational level group: Fifth grade students
Educational level group: Sixth grade students
Educational level group: Seventh grade students
Educational level group: Eighth grade students
Educational level group: Middle school students
Educational level group: School children

ISBN:

9781481465809
9781481465816
9781725494282

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LOC classification:

PZ7 .G464 2019
PS3623
PZ7

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Awards:

Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award for New Talent (Author) Award, 2020
Newbery Honor Book, 2020
William C. Morris Prize Finalist, 2020

Subject: This deeply sensitive and powerful debut novel tells the story of a thirteen-year-old who must overcome internalized racism and a verbally abusive family to finally learn to love herself. There are ninety-six things Genesis hates about herself. She knows the exact number because she keeps a list. Like #95: Because her skin is so dark, people call her charcoal and eggplantSubject: Thirteen-year-old Genesis tries again and again to lighten her black skin, thinking it is the root of her family's troubles, before discovering reasons to love herself as is.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Juvenile Book (10-day checkout)	G. Allen Fleece Library JUVENILE-NEWBERY	PZ7.1.W555 .G464 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923002063663

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This deeply sensitive and powerful debut novel tells the story of a thirteen-year-old who must overcome internalized racism and a verbally abusive family to finally learn to love herself. There are ninety-six things Genesis hates about herself. She knows the exact number because she keeps a list. Like #95: Because her skin is so dark, people call her charcoal and eggplant

Thirteen-year-old Genesis tries again and again to lighten her black skin, thinking it is the root of her family's troubles, before discovering reasons to love herself as is.