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Can I read For Black Girls Like Me on EtoBox?
For Black Girls Like Me by Lockington, Mariama J. is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.
What is For Black Girls Like Me about?
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 sister are white, and even though she loves her family very much, Makeda often feels left out. When Makeda's family moves from Maryland to New Mexico, she leaves behind her best friend, Lenathe only other adopted black girl she knowsfor a new life. In New Mexico, everything is different. At home, Makedas sister is too cool to hang out with her anymore and at school, she cant seem to find one real friend. Through it all, Makeda cant help but wonder: What would it feel like to grow up with a family that looks like me? Through singing, dreaming, and writing secret messages back and forth with Lena, Makeda might just carve a small place for herself in the world.
Who reads For Black Girls Like Me?
It is typically read by young readers, and the parents and educators who guide them.
Common subject areas: juvenile, young adult.
- Author
- Lockington, Mariama J.
- Publisher
- New York: Farrar Straus Giroux for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780374308049
- Category
- children's
- Subjects
- Children'S, Juvenile
- Rating
- 4.8 / 5 (426 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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