![]() ![]() I look forward to seeing what Natasha Diaz writes next. For an outstanding book about privilege, race, identity, and finding the courage to speak up, I highly recommend this book. I also really loved how Harlem feels alive, like its own character. I also appreciated how the best friend is a fleshed out character who is not just there to be a plot device, and the villain isn’t one note either. Get to know Natasha Díaz in the Q&A below Color Me In is based on your personal experiences. We can’t wait for this beauty to hit shelves on 8/20/19. They are wonderful and the way they take care of her mother and help her pull herself out of her dark place is wonderful. In Color Me In, debut Author Natasha Díaz pulls from her personal experience to create a powerful, relatable, coming-of-age novel. Her mom is Black and Christian while her dad is white and Jewish. I really loved Nevaeh’s grandfather, aunt, uncle, and cousins she moves in with in Harlem. Title: Color Me In Author: Natasha Diaz Genre: Realistic Fiction Reviewer Name and Grade: Oliver W., 8thGrade Date Reviewed: AugNevaeh Levitz is a biracial fifteen-year-old girl who lives in a wealthy area of New York City. ![]() Also, Rabbi Sarah is Jewish and a wonderful, complex character with a warm heart. To me this is fine, there are not great people from all walks of life. I did see a reviewer express concern that none of the Jewish characters are sympathetic, the dad is a lame mid-life crisis having douche, and the grandma is cold and not very affectionate. Color Me In is her debut young adult novel. Her personal essays have been published in the Establishment and the Huffington Post. The bat mitzvah made me cry buckets of happiness. As a screenwriter, Natasha has been a quarterfinalist in the Austin Film Festival and a finalist for both the NALIP Diverse Women in Media Fellowship and the Sundance Episodic Story Lab. The little girl was obviously taught that, so a measure of Jewishness is definitely something taught to people. An incident where my son was told he wasn’t “really Jewish” happened to him over the summer. It certainly rang true to me for that to be real. When her poor rabbi is accused of not being “Jewish enough” because she converted to Judaism that hit me personally. The fact that her father, who was never religious, pushes her to have a bat mitzvah and then tries to snatch it from her at the last minute when it is clear she is getting positive attention from his mother (something he has never had) *cough* I cried. While I can’t comment on perspective of someone who is coming to terms with their racial identity, I can certainly comment from the point of few of someone growing up Jewish, who didn’t grow up religious. I found this book from a tweet of a friend who retweeted the author. 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. 20, 2019 Schisms abound in the life of a half-black, white-passing, Jewish teen in New York City. Color Me In Quotes by Natasha Diaz 1 quote from Color Me In: ‘As small puddles begin to collect, I root my feet to the ground, solid and ready to start anew. It is hard for me to believe this is Natasha Diaz’s debut novel. ![]() I really loved Color Me In, it was outstanding. ![]()
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