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Well, this is the story if the book camo girl, by kekla magoon. Ella is the only black girl in her grade and gets teased for the mottled colors of her. Ella and zachary, sixthgrade misfits, cling to each other to get through the taunts, rejection and, sometimes, abuse from their classmates. A failed attempt to save her parents has left not only her folks in increasing danger, but some of her friends as well, who were captured in the process. She is a new york citybased writer, editor, speaker, and educator. Kekla magoon grew up in indiana but wanted to see the rest of the world. The little rock nine and the fight for school integration, 1957 2011 the rock and the river 2009 also by kekla magoon for more information on kekla magoon please visit. Ella is the only black student, and her discolored skin tone has some calling her camoface, short for camouflage. How it went down, camo girl, 37 things i love, fire in the streets, and the rock and the river, for which she received the ala coretta scott king new talent award and an naacp image award nomination. Robyn loxleya 12yearold mixedrace black girlis back for the final installment of this series, and she has even more at stake than before.
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