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A review by jaz_gets_literary
For Black Girls Like Me by Mariama J. Lockington
5.0
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Makeda is black and was adopted into an all white family as a baby. She is in middle school and coming into an age where she is beginning to have questions about her birth mother and herself. Where do black girls like her belong? The ones with no other black friends around? The ones who's mother doesn't know how to properly do her hair or the type of lotion that she needs to properly moisturize her skin?Who loves Black girls like her? Who's there for black girls like her when they want to know which way to turn. Makeda has a ton of questions that will resonate with young girls and women alike. Mekeda's life is a mess. Dealing with her mother's newfound mental illness, her dad being away on tour, her sister seeming not to have time with her because she's becoming a teen. It's just a lot for her but in the end she finds her voice. Please run out and grab this book when it is released on July 30, 2019.
Makeda is black and was adopted into an all white family as a baby. She is in middle school and coming into an age where she is beginning to have questions about her birth mother and herself. Where do black girls like her belong? The ones with no other black friends around? The ones who's mother doesn't know how to properly do her hair or the type of lotion that she needs to properly moisturize her skin?Who loves Black girls like her? Who's there for black girls like her when they want to know which way to turn. Makeda has a ton of questions that will resonate with young girls and women alike. Mekeda's life is a mess. Dealing with her mother's newfound mental illness, her dad being away on tour, her sister seeming not to have time with her because she's becoming a teen. It's just a lot for her but in the end she finds her voice. Please run out and grab this book when it is released on July 30, 2019.