![]() ![]() ![]() “ Pink is careful to never allow the story itself to fall into agenda-pushing. “ Pink isn’t afraid of being provocative (Jesus makes regular appearances), and the book dives into thorny issues of identity, self-image, and the internal effects of racism in a strikingly frank way.” - Publishers Weekly Into White, Randi Pink’s audacious fiction debut, dares to explore a subject that will spark conversations about race, class, and gender. ![]() Toya is suddenly white, blond, and popular. And then a higher power answers her prayer: to be “anything but black.” Toya doesn’t know where she fits in, but after a run-in with another student, she wonders if life would be different if she were. It seems as if her only friend is her older brother, Alex. LaToya Williams lives in Montgomery, Alabama, and attends a mostly white high school. A contemporary young adult novel about a black teenager who prays to be white, and is shocked to find that her wish comes true ![]()
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