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Ella is the only black student, and her discolored skin tone has some calling her camo face, short for camouflage. Camo girl book by kekla magoon official publisher page. Kekla magoon is the author of eight young adult novels, including the rock and the river, how it went down, x. How it went down how it went down, book by magoon, kekla. Camo girl is a heartwrenching, heartwarming story about loss, friendship, growing up and finding hope. Her unruly hair invites the boys to throw paper and other detritus at her. Camo girl by kekla magoon a biracial student questions her identity in this. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading camo girl. Sixth grader ella is the only african american kid in her class at a school in a.
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Zachary, or z, is small for his age and takes refuge in fantasy to cope with abandonment by his father. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Kekla magoon is the author of camo girl and the rock and the river, winner of the coretta scott kingjohn steptoe award. Camo girl ebook by kekla magoon 9781442417229 rakuten kobo. See all books authored by kekla magoon, including how it went down, and x, and more on. This book revolves around the circumstances of a thirteen year old black girls death at.
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The fact that she spends all her time with z only adds to her exclusion. Her skin tone is uneven, which earns her the cruel nickname camo face. Raised in a biracial family in the midwest, kekla now teaches writing in new york. Ella and her best friend z sit by themselves at lunch every day. Dec 12, 2014 listen to how it went down audiobook by kekla magoon. Set in the modernday suburbs of las vegas, a young girl finds herself caught between two worlds. Kekla magoon is the coretta scott kingjohn steptoe awardwinning author of the rock and the river. Shadows of sherwood isbn 9781619636347 pdf epub kekla. Raised in a biracial family in the midwest, kekla now teaches writing in new york city, conducts school and library visits nationwide, and serves on the writers council for the national writing project. Then bailey moves to town and ella is no longer the only africanamerican at her school. Our rbdigital platform distributes the broadest array of digital content typesincluding audiobooks, video, magazines, ebooks, education, and entertainmentall in one powerful app.
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