The Skin I'm In by Steph Tisdell

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Author: Steph Tisdell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Published: 2024-07-16T00:35:48+00:00

Description:
The Skin I’m In by Steph Tisdell is a powerful and emotional fictional story. Narrated by 17 year old Layla, it’s about her experiences during her final year of high school.

High school is hard for any teenager. There is the relationship with your parents, friend dynamics, teachers, parties and falling in love. When you are Aboriginal, as Layla is, there are difficulties dealing with racism and connecting to country.

Layla has a wonderful family, is trusted by her parents, lives in the city, and has a comfortable life. She achieves excellent school grades and plans to go to university.

Her cousin Marley has come to live with them for a bit. He has been in trouble, been to juvie and missed a lot of school. Marley is Aboriginal like Layla and her Mum.

Marley’s presence in Layla’s home life and at school causes her to look at the differences in their upbringing and experiences. Her life has been in the city, while he was brought up in the country by Elders.

As Layla questions everything she thought she knew she does rebel. Eventually she has a new understanding of who she really is and exactly what her dreams in life are.

The characters, Layla, Marley, her parents, the teachers, her good friends and those not so friendly are excellently portrayed and relatable. Layla’s character is brilliant and she narrates her life events with humour, confusion, and at times sadness.

Steph Tisdell, a proud Yidinji woman, respectfully covers so many social issues in this story. The writing is easy to read and you invest in Lalya’s journey in this crucial year of her life.

The story stays with you as you reflect on Layla’s perspective of events in her life. You think about how you approached situations in the past, and what you would do differently now.

This book is an excellent read for any age.

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