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Hot Chocolate With God #3: Just Me & the God Who Loves Me

This is the story of a thirteen-year-old girl who is filled with self-loathing and must overcome internalized racism and a verbally abusive family to finally learn to love herself.

There are ninety-six things Genesis hates about herself. She knows the exact number because she keeps a list. Like #95: Because her skin is so dark, people call her charcoal and eggplant—even her own family. And #61: Because her family is always being put out of their house, belongings laid out on the sidewalk for the world to see. When Genesis reaches #100 on the list of things she hates about herself, will she continue on, or can she find the strength to begin again?

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I Am More Than My Hair: A Young Girl's Journey with Alopecia

Atira Alexander, 2023

The Life and Times of Benny Alvarez

Peter Johnson, 2014

Nubby's Story (The Dodo)

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Positively Izzy: Emmie & Friends

Terri Libenson, 2018

Zinnia and the Bees

Danielle Davis, Laura K. Horton, 2017

Hot Chocolate With God #3: Just Me & the God Who Loves Me

Jill Kelly, Erin Kelly, Camryn Kelly, 2013