Self-Esteem & Self-Respect, Intermediate Readers 

"McKendree ain't a who. It's a place." "Don't say ain't." "Honeydipper Man lives there 'cause he's old and ain't got no place else to live." And I'll be here the entire summer. Every beautiful, outrageous summer day. Tilara Haynes. Dark like all the Hayneses. Like her father and Aunt Cloelle. You have Haynes written all over you. A pretty young lady. But in her heart she knew better. So what, who cares.So what, who cares. So what, who cares...Tilara couldn't remember anything about her mother, even though she had tried and tried. And Georgia...sweet Georgia not so brown..."I'm gonna moo-ove on up a little higher"...Success followed March everywhere, especially to the mirror. "How I'd like to be around to see what you turn out to be." She found herself looking into a pair of eyes the color of honey. Eyes like none she had ever seen before. Braxton and Tilara. Tilara and Braxton. That's how an African prince must look. "Coffee makes you black, you know." "Girl, we are gooood!" I think a lot of people still think being light-skinned is better." Forget it Tilara. Just forget it. Because I never thought about you that way Because I never thought you would think about me that way "Loving yourself is the very first stop to anything, baby. Simply loving yourself." "The name McKendree. It started our summer, and it's ending it too." McKendree. But, still, there was something else ...Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies 2001, National Council for SS & Child. Book Council - from Amzon