{"id":37132,"date":"2020-02-29T00:08:43","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T04:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=37132"},"modified":"2020-02-29T00:08:43","modified_gmt":"2020-02-29T04:08:43","slug":"review-of-genesis-begins-again-by-alicia-d-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=37132","title":{"rendered":"Review of Genesis Begins Again, by Alicia D. Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Genesis Begins Again<\/em><\/p>\n

by Alicia D. Williams<\/p>\n

A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book (Atheneum), 2019. 364 pages.
\n2020 Newbery Honor
\n2020 John Steptoe New Talent Author Award
\n2020 William C. Morris Award Finalist
\nReview written February 1, 2020, from a library book<\/p>\n

This book begins as thirteen-year-old Genesis Anderson walks home with the popular girls \u2013 to see all her family’s possessions on the front lawn. They\u2019ve been evicted from their apartment again.<\/p>\n

But after dealing with that, her father takes them to a fancy new home in the suburbs. Genesis starts at a new school, and she wants things to go well there. She starts singing in the choir and even thinks about auditioning for the talent show. And has she finally made some real friends?<\/p>\n

But her father isn\u2019t exactly being honest about things. Her mother\u2019s thinking about leaving, and Genesis isn\u2019t ready to leave again. Time with Grandma confirms that everyone\u2019s disappointed that Genesis ended up with dark skin like her father and not light skin like her mother. Genesis is willing to do anything to make her skin lighter. Then she\u2019ll be beautiful and maybe her father can love her.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m going to be watching this author, because even in this debut novel she pulls us into Genesis\u2019 world and all the different pressures surrounding her. It doesn\u2019t all wrap up in a tidy bow, but Genesis is starting to learn to love herself, and the book ends with the reader reasonably hopeful that Genesis is going to deal with whatever the future holds.<\/p>\n

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