A review by offtheraels
For Black Girls Like Me by Mariama J. Lockington

4.25

This book proves that you can talk about serious issues in middle-grade fiction; all you have to do is meet them at their level. Immediately, I loved this novel's stream of consciousness writing and epistemological style. Keda's narration is full of love, confusion, judgment and acceptance as she experiences crushing on boys, navigating friendships, experiencing racism, understanding mental illness, and the general angst of being a child on the cusp of puberty. 

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