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Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl, prays every day for beauty. Mocked by other children for the dark skin, curly hair, and brown eyes that set her apart, she yearns for normalcy, for the blond hair and blue eyes that she believes will allow her to finally fit in.Yet as her dream grows more fervent, her life slowly starts to disintegrate in the face of adversity and strife. A powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity, Toni...
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Fourteen-year-old Trixie Stone is in love for the first time. She?s also a straight-A high school student, pretty and popular, and the light of her father?s life.... Comic book artist Daniel Stone would do anything to protect his daughter. But when a single act of violence shatters her innocence, seemingly mild-mannered Daniel?s convictions are put to the test?while his own shockingly tumultuous past, hidden even from his family, comes to light. Now,...
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