The Skin I'm In

An important story that I wish I had read in my teen years. Still an important story now as an adult, but I wish I would have had the same mentality portrayed in the book–to love yourself and the skin you're in–as a teen. Then again, maybe I wouldn't have had the same mentality and understanding as I do now. But all the same, this book is beautiful. A simple coming-of-age story, not complicated, and not overly dramatic or too unrealistic in its portrayal of teenagers.

Definitely a book I would read to kids and teenagers!


Quotes:

“Gotta realize that all you are is all you got.”

“To look in the mirror and like what you see, even when it doesn't look like your idea of beauty.”

“″You gotta love yourself, baby. If you don't, who will?″”

“You have to take a stand when things aren't right.”

“Call me by my name! I hear Akeelma say, and I scream it out, too. “Call me by my name! I am not ugly. I am not stupid. I am Maleeka Madison, and, yeah, I'm black, real black, and if you don't like me, too bad ‘cause black is the skin I'm in!”