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A Newbery Honor Book Winner of the Correta Scott King - John Steptoe for New Talent Author Award A Morris Award Finalist An NPR Favorite Book of 2019 A School Library Journal Best Middle Grade Book of 2019 A Kirkus Reviews Best Middle Grade Book of 2019 This deeply sensitive and powerful debut novel tells the story of a thirteen-year-old who must overcome internalized racism and a verbally abusive family to finally learn to love herself. There are ninety-six things Genesis hates about herself. She knows the exact number because she keeps a list. Like #95: Because her skin is so dark people call her charcoal and eggplant--even her own family. And #61: Because her family is always being put out of their house belongings laid out on the sidewalk for the world to see. When your dad is a gambling addict and loses the rent money every month eviction is a regular occurrence. What s not so regular is that this time they all don t have a place to crash so Genesis and her mom have to stay with h