For Black Girls Like Me

by Mariama J. Lockington

Book Overview

In this lyrical coming-of-age story about family, sisterhood, music, race, and identity, Schneider Family Book Award and Stonewall Honor-winning author Mariama J. Lockington draws on some of the emotional truths from her own experiences growing up with an adoptive white family.

I am a girl but most days I feel like a question mark.

Makeda June Kirkland is eleven years old, adopted, and black. Her parents and big...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374308047
• ISBN13: 9780374308049
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.7" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 9 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 6