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Fields, Monique

Honeysmoke: A Story About Finding Your Color

32 pp. | Imprint | January, 2019 | Trade ISBN 978-1-250-11582-9 $17.99
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Yesenia Moises. Simone asks first her mother, who is black, and then her father, who is white, "Am I black or white?" Following their unhelpful answers, Simone sets out to find a color "of her very own." The story, supported by art with an airbrushed look, lacks verisimilitude, but it has a ring of emotional truth that may reassure readers grappling with questions of identity.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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