Summary Of The Skin I M In By Sharon G. Flake

The book I chose for my book club is “The Skin I’m in”, written by Sharon G. Flake. After Sharon’s daughter was born it gave her the inspiration and dedication to write. Flake wrote short stories for her daughter, and read them at her daughter's daycare. She then wanted to write children's books with an African-American emphasis, this lead to her purpose of writing “The Skin I’m in”. The book was published in 1998 making this Sharon G. Flake debut novel. My reasoning for choosing this book was the content and environment the story is written in. It takes place in a diverse school and community, targeting younger students to love themselves the way God made them. I enjoy books that are sweet, simple, and straight to the point and this book accomplished that. It was easy to read and I can definitely recommend it to my future students to learn a valuable lesson.
She tries her best to fit in but it doesn't go too well. She befriends Charlese, Raina and Raise by doing their homework for them so they let her hang around them and let her barrow their clothes. But Maleeka learns that trying to fit in is not the best way to make people like you. Maleeka gets in a difficult situation and doesn't have anyone she can turn too. She makes some pretty bad mistakes before she finally realizes that the new English teacher, the outspoken Miss Saunders, really is on her side. Miss Saunders has a rare skin disorder on her face that she says no one was able to get rid of. So instead, she doesn't let it get in her way and has learned to love the skin she’s in, and encourages Maleeka and the rest of her class to do the