Menasha Public Library (Elisha D. Smith)

Color me in, a novel, Natasha Diaz

eng

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fiction

Color me in

1061869361

Natasha Diaz

a novel

Fifteen-year-old Nevaeh Levitz is torn between two worlds, passing for white while living in Harlem, being called Jewish while attending her mother's Baptist church, and experiencing first love while watching her parents' marriage crumbleNevaeh Levitz never thought much about her biracial roots, but when her Black mom and Jewish dad split up, she relocates to her mom's family home in Harlem. There she is forced to confront her identity for the first time. Her cousins can't stand that Nevaeh, who inadvertently passes as white, can not relate to the injustices they face on a daily basis as African Americans. Her dad decides that she should have a belated bat mitzvah instead of a sweet sixteen, which guarantees social humiliation at her posh private school. When Nevaeh stumbles upon a secret from her mom's past-- and finds herself falling in love-- she begins to realize she has choices. -- adapted from jacket

adolescent