A born and raised New Yorker, Natasha currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. It's 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 a voice. Color Me In is her debut young adult novel. Even with the push and pull of her two cultures, Nevaeh does what she's always done when life gets complicated: she stays silent. In the midst of attempting to blend their families, Nevaeh's dad decides that she should have a belated bat mitzvah instead of a sweet sixteen, which guarantees social humiliation at her posh private school. Nevaeh wants to get to know her extended family, but one of her cousins can't stand that Nevaeh, who inadvertently passes as white, is too privileged, pampered, and selfish to relate to the injustices they face on a daily basis as African Americans. Color Me In, by Natasha Diaz Being a teenager is tough enough, but things get even tougher for Nevaeh Levitz when her Black mom and Jewish dad split up, and she’s forced to confront her biracial identity. When her Black mom and Jewish dad split up, she relocates to her moms family home in Harlem and is forced to confront her identity for the first time. 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.Growing up in an affluent suburb of New York City, sixteen-year-old Nevaeh Levitz never thought much about her biracial roots. 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. Color Me In 1st Edition is written by Natasha Díaz and published by Delacorte Press. Title: Color Me In Author: Natasha Diaz Who is Nevaeh Levitz Growing up in an affluent suburb of New York City, sixteen-year-old Nevaeh Levitz never thought much about her biracial roots. 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. Growing up in an affluent suburb of New York City, sixteen-year-old Nevaeh Levitz never thought much about her biracial roots.
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