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Genesis Begins Again
by Alicia D. Williams
Ages: 12+
Published: 2019
Publisher: Atheneum BFYR/ Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 978-1-4814-6580-9
Keywords: Prejudice, Diversity, Beauty standards, Family, Self-esteem
Genesis faces her father's alcoholism, her family's financial instability, and colorist insults, not only in her community, but from within her own family.