From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun

Author(s) Jacqueline Woodson
Illustrator(s)
Age Group 9-12
Publisher Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 978-0142416419
Year 1997

Melanin Sun's mother, a Black woman, tells him that she is in love with a white woman. Melanin feels confused and upset as he tries to understand issues about sexuality, racial identity and love.