Hi! "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon Flake - about the 8th grade girl who is perpetually teased for having dark skin relative to other African-Americans.
"If You Come Softly" by Jacqueline Woodson - about an interracial relationship, with elements of Romeo and Juliet. Take care, Bill Ivey Stoneleigh-Burnham School _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
