The Skin I'm In

Award-winning author Sharon G. Flake crafts a remarkable story of one girl's struggle to accept herself.

Maleeka Madison is a dark skinned African-American girl. She feels uncomfortable and wishes she had lighter skin. When her teacher, Miss Saunders, who suffers from a rare skin condition, shows that there is more to people than the color of their skin, Maleeka learns to appreciate and accept who she truly is.

Sisi Aisha Johnson's gripping narration makes this story come alive.

©1998 Sharon G. Flake (P)2004 Recorded Books, LLC.

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Johnson goes beyond delivering dialogue. She gets beneath the skin of Flake's complicated characters." (Audiofile)

Love yourself

Excellent book for children learning not to give in to peer pressure. I’m not sure how this book ended up in my downloads but after listening to a few chapters the book became enjoyable and I wanted to see what happened at the end.

Maleeka is so many of us… so many children now that desperately want to fit in. It teaches to stand up for yourself and to not be so afraid of someone of feel the overwhelming desire to belong that you sacrifice yourself, your reputation and your self respect.

The book seems a bit incomplete and towards the end it seems to skip a bit, the story jumps around a bit but there a lesson to be learned here. Overall it’s a decent book.

The narrator did a good job of portraying a child, it’s a good book to past the time.

Still rings true!

I loved everything about this book! The narration was expert; the narrator really drew me into the story. The story itself was reminiscent of the 90s. I thought the author just styled the book this way intentionally, until I heard that the copyright was from 1998. It’s heartbreaking and ironic that the same story that was true in the 90s still rings true today, about little dark skin girls having to struggle to love the skin that they’re in. I’m glad the antagonist got what she deserved in the end, and so did the protagonist, but in a wonderful way. This was an awesome listen! Five stars!

enjoyed it

my middle school students enjoyed it so much, they wanted to write a part II

Rivoting

This was a great read it is unfortunate that our kids still have to live through life like this and maybe even worse. The young lady who read it did an excellent job!
#sadstateofaffairs #wishwedidnthavetodealwiththis #tagsgiving #sweepstakes

Great Story; Engrossing Narration

I’ve loved this story for decades on the page and hearing it read so beautifully aloud makes me love it even more.