A coming of age story about a 13-teen-year-old girl bullied because of her looks. With the help of her teacher and her father’s poetry, Maleeka discovers that she has a talent for writing and ultimately learns to write her own story, find her voice, and love the face she sees in the mirror everyday.
The Life I’m In is the long-awaited follow-up to the ground-breaking novel, The Skin I’m In. After Charlese Jones, the protagonist, runs away from home, readers learn what lead to she became a bully in The Skin I’m In. Themes of forgiveness, second changes, setting boundaries and human tracking are explored in this book for…
The Family I’m In is the final novel in the I’m In trilogy. This time the boy’s tell the story. John-John, who bullied Maleeka in The Skin I’m In, is sixteen and half now and eager to have a girlfriend for the first time. He also wants his father to accept him for who he…
