thank you Natasha Diaz for writing this book and for the Author note at the end. there are definitely a few plot holes that leave me wanting something more from this story, like what happens with Jesus and Naveh's school? It's an important scene in the book but it gets lost in Naveh's narration, I feel like we needed a little more here. I found this book from a tweet of a friend who retweeted the author. That's the only negative thing I have to say. Color Me In tells the story of Nevaeh Levitz, a black Jewish girl whose parents separate and who moves in with her mother’s family in Harlem. I wasn't sure about the narrator, I have heard her read Viva Durant, which I liked, but I felt her voice was older than what you'd expect to hear for Naveh. Abby is a horrible character, but she's also not a unbelievable person see or hear about in real life. A powerful coming-of-age novel pulled from personal experience about the meaning of friendship, the joyful beginnings of romance, and the racism and religious intolerance that can both strain a family to the breaking point and strengthen its bonds. I was so emotionally invested in this story and I really appreciated every character in this book, except Abby. (Couldn’t resist. I really appreciate that the author made a note at the end to show us that though this book is fiction, events and situations Naveh and her family were a part of are very, very real. What a beautiful rollercoaster coming of age story Will she continue to let circumstances dictate her path? Or will she decide once for all who and where she is meant to be? Only when Nevaeh stumbles upon a secret from her mom's past, finds herself falling in love, and sees firsthand the prejudice her family faces that she begins to realize she has her own voice. Author Natasha Diaz discusses her new book COLOR ME IN, her experience as a multiracial woman, and the challenge of finding community across different identi. But rather than take a stand, Nevaeh does what she's always done when life gets complicated: she stays silent. Color Me In by Natasha Diaz Debut YA author Natasha Díaz pulls from her personal experience to inform this. In the meantime, Nevaeh's dad decides that she should have a belated bat mitzvah instead of a sweet 16, which guarantees social humiliation at her posh private school.
Nevaeh wants to get to know her extended family, but because she inadvertently passes as white, her cousin thinks she's too privileged, pampered, and selfish to relate to the injustices African Americans face on a daily basis. When her Black mom and Jewish dad split up, she relocates to her mom's family home in Harlem and is forced to confront her identity for the first time. Growing up in an affluent suburb of New York City, 16-year-old Nevaeh Levitz never thought much about her biracial roots. A powerful coming-of-age novel pulled from personal experience about the meaning of friendship, the joyful beginnings of romance, and the racism and religious intolerance that can both strain a family to the breaking point and strengthen its bonds.
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