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Williams, Alicia. GENESIS BEGINS AGAIN New York : Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, 2020 IL 5-8 ISBN 9781481465816 3 booktalks |
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Booktalk #1 It is an exciting day for Genesis. Her friends have finally agreed to hang out at her house after school. They plan on watching music videos while drinking Sprite and eating chips. But everything changes when they turn the corner to her house and everything Genesis owns is sitting out on their lawn. Evicted again. And the girls she thought were her friends mock her and call her names. Just another item to add to the list of why Genesis hates herself. She’s already up to #95. The eviction leads to a move to a new house and a new school, and Genesis has the opportunity to reinvent herself. Will she find a way to overcome her doubts and love herself again? (Prepared by:Carly Huerta, Catawba Ridge High School, huertac@fortmillschools.org ) (South Carolina Book Awards, 2020-2021) Booktalk #2 Genesis finally gets the popular girls to agree to come over to her house. They round the corner of her block when, “ Not again. Please not again,” Genesis thinks when she sees all of her family’s belongings in the yard. Genesis is so embarrassed, but she told herself that she wouldn’t cry. To make matters worse, Genesis thinks that all of her family’s troubles are her fault. She will try anything to help her family, even if it means hurting herself. (Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Awards, 2021) Booktalk #3 Genesis Anderson hates the way she looks. She prays to be beautiful – lighter – so that her life will get better. When her family is evicted and Genesis switches schools, she begins to learn more about her family’s past and discover the strength, beauty, and power that was in her all along. Realistic Fiction. (Rhode Island Middle School Book Award 2021) |
| SUBJECTS: Human skin color -- Juvenile fiction. Self-esteem -- Juvenile fiction. Family problems -- Juvenile fiction. African Americans -- Juvenile fiction. Prejudices -- Juvenile fiction. Moving, Household -- Juvenile fiction. |
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