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For Black Girls Like Me

By Mariama J. Lockington
Edition

Hardcover edition

Publisher Macmillan Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux ISBN

9780374308049

Awards and Honors SLJ Best Books - 2019
CPL Best Books - 2019

For Black Girls Like Me

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9780374308049J
CONTENT NOTIFICATIONS

Discrimination: Racial Insensitivity/Racism,Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Reference or Discussion,Language: Mild Language,Language: Racial or Ethnic Epithet/Slur,Sexual Content: Mild Sexual Content/Themes,Violence: Mild Violence

Makeda June Kirkland is eleven-years-old, adopted, and black. Her parents and big sister are white, and even though she loves her family very much, Makeda often feels left out. When Makeda's family moves from Maryland to New Mexico, she leaves behind her best friend, Lena—the only other adopted black girl she knows—for a new life. In New Mexico, everything is different. At home, Makeda’s sister is too cool to hang out with her anymore and at school, she can’t seem to find one true friend.



Through it all, Makeda can’t help wondering: What would it feel like to grow up with a family that looks like me?



Through singing, dreaming, and writing secret messages back and forth with Lena, Makeda might just carve a small place for herself in the world.
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