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Veronica’s mother is black, and her father is white, but she looks entirely white, not biracial. People at school start making a big deal about it, but nobody cared before she got to eighth grade. Why do they think it’s their business? Her world is changed forever. But how does she find herself in everybody else’s confusion? In all the chaos?
Even Veronica’s best friend, Katie, who’s white, acts weird sometimes, like when a black girl from school comes to the house to get her hair cut by Katie’s mom.
"I didn’t know my mom cut black people’s hair," Katie said.
This same black girl wanted Veronica to join her friends at lunch when she learned Veronica was black. Veronica wonders why this girl had never spoken to her before. Was it just because she’s black that she wanted to be her friend now? And why had she called Katie a white-ass and huffed away when Veronica invited her to sit with them.
Even the black girls in cooking class question Veronica’s knowledge of greens and chitlins.
"Greens is black folk’s food," they tell her.
Is this her new life: explaining her racial background to everybody, black and white, including this boy who likes her. The first boy to like her.
She doesn’t know what to say when he repeats some racist things his dad told him. Is he a racist, too? Will he feel differently about her when she tells him the truth, which she has to do sooner than later!
Veronica’s mother is black, and her father is white, but she looks entirely white, not biracial. People at school start making a big deal about it, but nobody cared before she got to eighth grade. Why do they think it’s their business? Her world is changed forever. But how does she find herself in everybody else’s confusion? In all the chaos?
Even Veronica’s best friend, Katie, who’s white, acts weird sometimes, like when a black girl from school comes to the house to get her hair cut by Katie’s mom.
"I didn’t know my mom cut black people’s hair," Katie said.
This same black girl wanted Veronica to join her friends at lunch when she learned Veronica was black. Veronica wonders why this girl had never spoken to her before. Was it just because she’s black that she wanted to be her friend now? And why had she called Katie a white-ass and huffed away when Veronica invited her to sit with them.
Even the black girls in cooking class question Veronica’s knowledge of greens and chitlins.
"Greens is black folk’s food," they tell her.
Is this her new life: explaining her racial background to everybody, black and white, including this boy who likes her. The first boy to like her.
She doesn’t know what to say when he repeats some racist things his dad told him. Is he a racist, too? Will he feel differently about her when she tells him the truth, which she has to do sooner than later!
Über den Autor
Dr. Thomas Jeneby is a board-certified plastic surgeon in San Antonio, Texas. He trained at the prestigious University of Pennsylvania Combined General/Plastic Surgery Residency, which matriculates only two residents per year from a pool of hundreds of applicants.

He has been in practice since 2002 and has held the position of President of the San Antonio Society of Plastic Surgeons since 2016. In recognition of his performance as one of the most competent cosmetic surgeons in San Antonio, Dr. Jeneby was honored by being appointed a Diplomat of the American Board of Plastic Surgery in 2003. He currently holds state medical board licenses in Texas, Arkansas, California, Pennsylvania, and Florida.

Dr. Jeneby obtained his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. He was featured in the top 10 percent of his class and was also the AOA President (Medical Honor Society).

Dr. Jeneby has been featured in Newsweek, Cosmopolitan, and Scene in SA as a "Best of Plastic Surgeon." He has had multiple appearances on 150 local and national shows, including Inside Edition.
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Kinder & Jugend
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: The Veronica Series
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781945875007
ISBN-10: 1945875003
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Greenspan, Catherine M.
Redaktion: Atkins, Elizabeth Ann
Hersteller: Two Sisters Writing and Publishing LLC
The Veronica Series
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 203 x 127 x 7 mm
Von/Mit: Catherine M. Greenspan
Erscheinungsdatum: 22.08.2017
Gewicht: 0,126 kg
Artikel-ID: 110306304

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