![]() ![]() This array smacks of tokenism, since the protagonist focuses only on self-promotion, leaving no room for the friends’ character development. ![]() Her five friends present black, Asian, white (one blonde, one redheaded), and brown (this last uses a wheelchair). Throughout the rhyming narrative, accompanied by cartoonish digital illustrations, Lilly brags on her dark skin (that isn’t very), “frizzy, wild” hair, eyebrows, intellect, and more. Protagonist Lilly appears on the cover, and her voluminous curly, twirly hair fills the image. This tan-skinned, freckle-faced narrator extols her own virtues while describing the challenges of being of mixed race. ![]()
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