Sulwe
SulweLupita Nyong'o

Sulwe (2019)

Lupita Nyong'o

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Sulwe has skin the color of midnight. She is darker than everyone in her family. She is darker than anyone in her school. Sulwe just wants to be beautiful and bright, like her mother and sister. Then a magical journey in the night sky opens her eyes and changes everything.

ISBN:
9798855097887
Length:
48 pages

Genres: young adult

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Loved

You know, it's one of my favorite picture books. And I don't do a lot of celebrity picture books for a lot of different reasons. You'll find that a lot of librarians actually don't do a lot of celebrity picture books, but this is one that it's It is a celebrity picture book, but it's one of the best ones that I've ever read.

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