小說/散文

Genesis Begins Again (2020 Newbery Honor winner)
出版社： Simon & Schuster, Inc.
書林書號：
20270223
作者：
Williams, Alicia D.
定價：
315
會員價：
$268
ISBN：
9781481465816
出版年份：
2020
裝訂：
平裝
總頁數：
0
  • 本書介紹
【洗白不了的黝黑，如何突破人生設定】
吉娜絲可以列出96種討厭自己的理由:
*因為她們一家常被轟出家門
*因為她爸賭博、酒精成癮
*因為她知道這全是她的錯
*因為她長得不像媽媽
*因為她膚色實在太黑

吉娜絲的爸爸每個月都因為賭博欠債，讓一家人常被攆出房門，僅有的家當也全被丟在大街上，彷彿家務醜事被昭告天下。受夠了折磨人的每月輪迴，吉娜絲跟著媽媽與外婆同住，但是又開啟了另一場每日上演的爭執，外婆總是苦勸媽媽應該離開爸爸、應該選擇膚色更淺的男人，而這一切悲劇本不應該發生。還好，不是所有事都那麼悲慘，吉娜絲在新學校結交了一群新朋友，而她的合唱團老師還稱讚她很有天分，甚至鼓勵她參加才藝表演。

然而，當憤世嫉俗的爸爸告訴吉娜絲的一切都與老師背道而馳，她要怎麼相信自己真的有什麼能耐？她要如何鼓起勇氣，以她黝黑之姿站在人群面前，甚至連家人都因此認為少了她會比較好？為什麼無論是檸檬或優格，這些人們稱頌的美白逸品，都無法讓她的膚色變淺？而當吉娜絲討厭自己的理由增加到第100個，她會繼續鑽牛角尖還是會放過自己重新開始呢？

There are ninety-six reasons why thirteen-year-old Genesis dislikes herself. She knows the exact number because she keeps a list:
-Because her family is always being put out of their house.
-Because her dad has a gambling problem. And maybe a drinking problem too.
-Because Genesis knows this is all her fault.
-Because she wasn’t born looking like Mama.
-Because she is too black.

Genesis is determined to fix her family, and she’s willing to try anything to do so…even if it means harming herself in the process. But when Genesis starts to find a thing or two she actually likes about herself, she discovers that changing her own attitude is the first step in helping change others.

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