Have you ever felt like a total outsider? Have you ever been judged by appearance? The skin I'm in is a realistic fiction novel written by Sharon g flake it was published by Hyperion books on January 3,2000. The author gives the reader a glimpse inside of a girl name Maleeka Madison, who has low self esteem because of her skin color.people judged her by the way she dresses her good grades her skin color and her hair. This story reflects the stereotypes and judgement put on African Americans and how these judgements affect them negatively.
To begin with I'm going to tell you the characters in the stories.the characters in the story are Miss Saunders, Charlese Jones,John-John,Caleb,and Maleeka. Maleeka is a girl in seventh grade who has grown up without a dad she is bullied every day and is betrayed by her friends. A new teacher, Mrs.Saunders corns to school with a big scar on her face and is picked on by kids and adults. Maleeka is so lost in her life that she begins to smoke and do all of her “friends” work. But they still leave her in the dust. Maleeka is faced with lots of problems with herself. There is a boy name Caleb that was in love with Maleeka and Maleeka loved him back.One day through, people were making fun of Maleeka but instead of helping her, he left her.Maleeka has not decided whether or not to forgive him. Caleb still tries to …show more content…
Along the way Maleeka and John-John is attacked by some gangsters and they both fight for each other, but are eventually saved by Calebs mother. Charlese has decided to dump Maleeka but has a plan left in store. She breakers Maleeka into the school and forces Maleeka to burn down Mrs.Saunder’s classroom. The janitor or only sees Maleeka and She is blamed. After days of her and her mother crying Maleeka finally decided to make a stand and she tells about everything that happened. Maleeka is given a poem by Caleb when is basically asking her to be his
To begin with I'm going to tell you the characters in the stories.the characters in the story are Miss Saunders, Charlese Jones,John-John,Caleb,and Maleeka. Maleeka is a girl in seventh grade who has grown up without a dad she is bullied every day and is betrayed by her friends. A new teacher, Mrs.Saunders corns to school with a big scar on her face and is picked on by kids and adults. Maleeka is so lost in her life that she begins to smoke and do all of her “friends” work. But they still leave her in the dust. Maleeka is faced with lots of problems with herself. There is a boy name Caleb that was in love with Maleeka and Maleeka loved him back.One day through, people were making fun of Maleeka but instead of helping her, he left her.Maleeka has not decided whether or not to forgive him. Caleb still tries to …show more content…
Along the way Maleeka and John-John is attacked by some gangsters and they both fight for each other, but are eventually saved by Calebs mother. Charlese has decided to dump Maleeka but has a plan left in store. She breakers Maleeka into the school and forces Maleeka to burn down Mrs.Saunder’s classroom. The janitor or only sees Maleeka and She is blamed. After days of her and her mother crying Maleeka finally decided to make a stand and she tells about everything that happened. Maleeka is given a poem by Caleb when is basically asking her to be his