TY  - BOOK
AU  - Williams,Alicia
TI  - Genesis begins again /Alicia D. Williams
SN  - 9781481465809
AV  - PZ7 .G464 2019
PY  - 2019///
CY  - New York
PB  - A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book, Atheneum Books for Young Readers
KW  - Human skin color
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Self-esteem
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Moving, Household
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Family problems
KW  - Prejudices
KW  - Grade four
KW  - Grade five
KW  - Grade six
KW  - Grade seven
KW  - Grade eight
KW  - Young adult fiction
KW  - Contemporary realistic fiction
N1  - Chapters 1-33 (untitled); 2
N2  - 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
ER  -