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273 pp.
| Holt |
June, 1999 |
TradeISBN 0-8050-5968-7$$18.95
(2)
YA
Gaskins offers many personalized snapshots of the lives of mixed-race children and young adults. Entries, which include the featured speaker's name, age, hometown, and parents' ancestries, reveal the regularity with which mixed-race children must defend who they are. The book's interesting topic and accessibility will appeal to young adults and will offer a wealth of resource information for further exploration. Ind.
Reviewer: Meaghan Miller
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 1999