The skin I'm In, a novel by Sharon G. Flake

The book that I'm reading is about a girl call Maleeka Madison, she struggles with self-acceptance because she is constantly being tease by her peers, for being dark skinned. She try to fit in, but doesn't get far because she not acting like her true self, only what people label her as. But when Maleeka first lays eyes on her new teacher Miss Saunders, she begin to accept her self for who she really was on the inside. She encounters someone who was, well, she feels is worse than she is. miss Saunders's skin was blotch with a uncommon skin condition, she was like a mirror to Maleeka's struggles and low self-esteem. She taught her how to love and accept her self for who she is in the inside. What i like about this book is that, the story teaches a lesson on how to deeply love you for you, and not constantly being worried about self appearance or what might others think of you. what i dislike about this book was, when Maleeka was being made fun of and tease in school by her classmates simply because she was a dark skin. I can't image going through anything like that but, i personally disagree with that. We all are different and unique and we shouldn't be judge for standing out. What can someone learned from reading this book is appreciating and having a better judgment of people base on their character, but not so such on their appearances. And the reason why you should read this book is because, its a great book and it teaches you allot about self acceptance. I give it a five star, Soumahya!

Independent Reading Book Review

Melody Ortega

Independent Reading Book Review

What I liked about the book “The Color Of Water” was how the character explains how what his going through affects him and hives a lot of details about what he went though. There wasn’t anything I didn’t like about the book because I liked this book very much it made me picture the setting and put myself in the characters situation as if it was happening to me. I was very happy to read this book. What people could learn from reading this book is about how different things use to be back in those days. Everything that has to do with racism and been diverse as in terms of race. I really recommend this book to people because I think they will enjoy and learn new things from the book “The Color Of Water” I think all kind of people would like this book because is a god book. I would rate this book a 4 star because it just made me want to keep reading and interested in what was going to happen next. In my opinion, this is the best book I’ve read during the time I’ve been in this school and I was very happy to have the joy of reading this book. I also liked how it was based on things that really happen and it was on a person that was discriminated against during those times which made me feel sad and at the same time happy that people don’t have to go through things like that no more.