When the Black Girl Sings
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Publication Year
2009
ISBN
9781416940036
Pages
266 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Adopted by white parents and sent to an exclusive Connecticut girls' school where she is the only black student, fourteen-year-old Lahni Schuler feels like an outcast, particularly when her parents separate, but after attending a local church where she hears gospel music for the first time, she finds her voice.
Grade Level
9-12
Lexile Measure
730L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Adoption; Divorce; Interracial; adopted teenager; adoptive parents; adoptive family; interracial/transracial adoption; divorced parents; interracial family
Main Character
female teenager
Race/Ethnicities
Black / White
Family Formation
adoptive and divorced mother and father
Keywords
singing; identity; private school; religion; Christianity; church; choir
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Wright, Bil, "When the Black Girl Sings" (2009). Diverse Families. 228.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/228