Through his writing, Melanin experiences profound and positive personal growth and understanding of himself and others, and growing acceptance of his mother's homosexuality. The journal entries reveal a young man endeavoring to come to terms with his own adolescence, fears of peer rejection, and the pain caused by his self-imposed isolation. He is worried that this could mark the end of closeness with his mom, about what his friends might think, and whether he can let her girlfriend become a part of their family. Three-time Newbery Honor author Jacqueline Woodson explores race and. Melanin Sun - a sensitive, thirteen-year-old African American living in Brooklyn, New York -finds himself struggling one summer with the conflicting emotions caused by his mother's revelation that she is a lesbian, and worse still, that her new girlfriend is white! In anger, Melanin withdraws from his mother and turns to his notebooks for comfort, journaling about the insecurities, doubts, and confusion generated by his mother's disclosure. Paperback - WOODSON, JACQUELINE FROM THE NOTEBOOKS OF MELANIN SUN.
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