Genesis begins again / Alicia D. Williams. [print]

By: Williams, Alicia, 1970- [author]Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [(c)2019. Edition: First editionDescription: 364 pages ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeAudience: 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 childrenISBN: 9781481465809; 1481465805; 9781481465816; 1481465813; 9781725494282; 1725494280Subject(s): Human skin color -- Juvenile fiction | Self-esteem -- Juvenile fiction | African Americans -- Juvenile fiction | Moving, Household -- Juvenile fiction | Human skin color -- Fiction | Self-esteem -- Fiction | Family problems -- Fiction | African Americans -- Fiction | Prejudices -- Fiction | Moving, Household -- Fiction | Grade four | Grade five | Grade six | Grade seven | Grade eightGenre/Form: Young adult fiction. | Contemporary realistic fiction. LOC classification: PZ7.1.W555PS3623.W555PZ7.1.W5456.W721.G464 2019COPYRIGHT NOT covered - Click this link to request copyright permission:

Contents:

Chapters 1-33 (untitled)

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

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings ( 1 )
Title notes ( 13 )
Comments ( 0 )

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

Chapters 1-33 (untitled)

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.

Ages 9-13.

670L lexile

Sentence length: 2 (easy) Word frequency: 1 (very easy) Lexile.

Grade four. Grade five. Grade six. Grade seven. Grade eight. https://www.amazon.com/Genesis-Begins-Again-Alicia-Williams/dp/1481465813/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Genesis+begins+again&qid=1622813012&sr=8-1

Accelerated Reader MG 4.5 11.0.

Accelerated Reader Arkansas Middle grade 4.5 11.0 199648. fsmlib

Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award for New Talent (Author) Award, 2020

Newbery Honor Book, 2020

William C. Morris Prize Finalist, 2020

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.