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008    201111s2020    nyu    c      000 1 eng   
020    9781481465816|q(paperback) 
020    1481465813|q(paperback) 
035    (OCoLC)1204605664 
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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
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385    |mEducational level group:|nedu|aFifth grade students
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385    |mEducational level group:|nedu|aSixth grade students
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385    |mEducational level group:|nedu|aSeventh grade students
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385    |mEducational level group:|nedu|aEighth grade students
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385    |mEducational level group:|nedu|aMiddle school students
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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 
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