A Newbery Honor BookWinner of the Correta Scott King - John Steptoe for New Talent Author AwardA Morris Award FinalistAn NPR Favorite Book of 2019A School Library Journal Best Middle Grade Book of 2019A Kirkus Reviews Best Middle Grade Book of 2019This deeply sensitive and powerful debut novel tells the story of a thirteen-year-old who 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 your dad is a gambling addict and loses the rent money every month, eviction is a regular occurrence.What’s not so regular is that this time they all don’t have a place to crash, so Genesis and her mom have to stay with her gr
