![]() ![]() I look forward to seeing what Natasha Diaz writes next. For an outstanding book about privilege, race, identity, and finding the courage to speak up, I highly recommend this book. I also really loved how Harlem feels alive, like its own character. I also appreciated how the best friend is a fleshed out character who is not just there to be a plot device, and the villain isn’t one note either. Color Me In by Natasha Diaz eBook Details. Color Me In revolves around Neveah who is a biracial Black and Jewish fifteen year old girl who’s trying to understand her identity, how she fits in the world, and deal with her parent’s divorce issues. They are wonderful and the way they take care of her mother and help her pull herself out of her dark place is wonderful. Aug Vicky Again I knew this was going to be good, but I didn’t expect such a unique and individual story about identity. I really loved Nevaeh’s grandfather, aunt, uncle, and cousins she moves in with in Harlem. Also, Rabbi Sarah is Jewish and a wonderful, complex character with a warm heart. To me this is fine, there are not great people from all walks of life. I did see a reviewer express concern that none of the Jewish characters are sympathetic, the dad is a lame mid-life crisis having douche, and the grandma is cold and not very affectionate. The bat mitzvah made me cry buckets of happiness. Color Me In Quotes by Natasha Diaz 1 quote from Color Me In: ‘As small puddles begin to collect, I root my feet to the ground, solid and ready to start anew. The little girl was obviously taught that, so a measure of Jewishness is definitely something taught to people. ![]() She and her mother are living with her mother’s relatives in Harlem while her mother tries to move forward. We follow 15 year old Nevaeh Levitz who is dealing with the fall out of her parents separation. So Color Me In has a young adult character that I think some readers will definitely enjoy. Debut YA author Natasha Daz pulls from her personal experience to inform this powerful coming-of-age novel about the meaning of friendship, the joyful beginnings of romance, and the racism and religious intolerance that can both strain a family to the breaking point and strengthen its bonds. An incident where my son was told he wasn’t “really Jewish” happened to him over the summer. This book will be released on August 20, 2019. It certainly rang true to me for that to be real. When her poor rabbi is accused of not being “Jewish enough” because she converted to Judaism that hit me personally. The fact that her father, who was never religious, pushes her to have a bat mitzvah and then tries to snatch it from her at the last minute when it is clear she is getting positive attention from his mother (something he has never had) *cough* I cried. While I can’t comment on perspective of someone who is coming to terms with their racial identity, I can certainly comment from the point of few of someone growing up Jewish, who didn’t grow up religious. I found this book from a tweet of a friend who retweeted the author. ![]() Color Me In tells the story of Nevaeh Levitz, a black Jewish girl whose parents separate and who moves in with her mother’s family in Harlem. It is hard for me to believe this is Natasha Diaz’s debut novel. I really loved Color Me In, it was outstanding. ![]()
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