LEADER 00000cam a2200745 i 4500 001 on1204605664 003 OCoLC 005 20210426111545.0 008 201111s2020 nyu c 000 1 eng 020 9781481465816|q(paperback) 020 1481465813|q(paperback) 035 (OCoLC)1204605664 040 BVD|beng|erda|cBVD|dOCLCF|dDZM|dJBT|dOCLCO 049 CKEA 050 14 PZ7.1.W5456|bGen 2020 092 F|bWIL 100 1 Williams, Alicia,|d1970-|eauthor. 245 10 Genesis begins again /|cAlicia D. Williams. 250 First Atheneum Books for Young Readers paperback edition 264 1 New York :|bAtheneum Books for Young Readers,|c2020. 264 4 |c©2019 300 376 pages ;|c20 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 385 |mAge level:|nage|aChildren|2lcdgt 385 |mAge level:|nage|aPreteens|2lcdgt 385 |mEducational level group:|nedu|aFourth grade students |2lcdgt 385 |mEducational level group:|nedu|aFifth grade students |2lcdgt 385 |mEducational level group:|nedu|aSixth grade students |2lcdgt 385 |mEducational level group:|nedu|aSeventh grade students |2lcdgt 385 |mEducational level group:|nedu|aEighth grade students |2lcdgt 385 |mEducational level group:|nedu|aMiddle school students |2lcdgt 385 |mEducational level group:|nedu|aSchool children|2lcdgt 386 |mGender group:|ngdr|aWomen|2lcdgt 386 |mNational/regional group:|nnat|aNorth Carolinians|2lcdgt 500 Nutmeg Award nominee, Grade 7-8 Middle School, 2022. 500 "A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book." 500 Includes a reading group guide, pages 371-376. 520 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 -- even her own family. And #61: Because her family is always being put out of their house, belongings laid out on the sidewalk for the world to see. When your dad is a gambling addict and loses the rent money every month, eviction is a regular occurrence. What's not so regular is that this time they all don't have a place to crash, so Genesis and her mom have to stay with her grandma. It's not that Genesis doesn't like her grandma, but she and Mom always fight -- Grandma haranguing Mom to leave Dad, that she should have gone back to school, that if she'd married a lighter skinned man none of this would be happening, and on and on and on. But things aren't all bad. Genesis actually likes her new school; she's made a couple friends, her choir teacher says she has real talent, and she even encourages Genesis to join the talent show. But how can Genesis believe anything her teacher says when her dad tells her the exact opposite? How can she stand up in front of all those people with her dark, dark skin knowing even her own family thinks lesser of her because of it? Why, why, why won't the lemon or yogurt or fancy creams lighten her skin like they're supposed to? And when Genesis reaches #100 on the list of things she hates about herself, will she continue on, or can she find the strength to begin again? - Publisher. 520 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. 521 1 Ages 9-13. 521 2 Grades 4-8. 521 8 Lexile: 670L. 521 8 670L|blexile 521 3 Sentence length: 2 (easy)|aWord frequency: 1 (very easy) |bLexile. 526 0 Accelerated Reader|bMG|c4.5|d11.0. 526 0 Accelerated Reader AR|bMiddle grade|c4.5|d11.0|z199648. |5fsmlib 586 Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award for New Talent (Author) Award, 2020 586 Newbery Honor Book, 2020 586 William C. Morris Prize Finalist, 2020 586 8 Chicago Public Library Best Fiction for Older Readers, 2019 650 0 Human skin color|vJuvenile fiction. 650 0 Self-esteem|vJuvenile fiction. 650 0 African Americans|vJuvenile fiction. 650 0 Children's literature. 650 1 Human skin color|vFiction. 650 1 Self-esteem|vFiction. 650 1 Family problems|vFiction. 650 1 African Americans|vFiction. 650 1 Prejudices|vFiction. 650 1 Moving, Household|vFiction. 650 7 African Americans.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00799558 650 7 Human skin color.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00963464 650 7 Self-esteem.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01111662 655 7 Fiction.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423787 655 7 Juvenile works.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411637 914 MID.b26567167 914 FARM278376 994 C0|bCKE
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