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Alicia D. WilliamsGenesis Begins Again
Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Introduction
Genesis Begins Again
- Genre: Fiction; middle grade contemporary
- Originally Published: 2019
- Reading Level/Interest: Lexile 670L; grades 4-8
- Structure/Length: 33 chapters; approx. 400 pages; approx. 8 hours, 48 minutes on audio
- Protagonist and Central Conflict: Thirteen-year-old Genesis struggles with self-esteem because of her dark skin and her father’s wish that she had lighter skin like her mother. A group of popular girls makes her feel even worse about herself, but when she moves to a new school, she begins to make friends, develop her singing talent, and gain a deeper understanding of her father’s self-loathing and alcoholism.
- Potential Sensitivity Issues: Colorism; addiction; bullying
Alicia D. Williams, Author
- Bio: Born in 1970 in Detroit, Michigan; earned her BA in African American Studies at the University of Kentucky and her MFA from Hamline University; studied theater at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in NYC; has done sketch and stand-up comedy and is an oral storyteller in the African American tradition; lives in North Carolina, where she is a teacher
- Other Works: Jump at the Sun: The True Life Tale of Unstoppable Storycatcher Zora Neale Hurston (2021); Shirley Chisholm Dared: The Story of the First Black Woman in Congress (2021); The Talk (2022)
- Awards: Kirkus Prize for Young Readers’ Literature (2019); Newbery Honor Book (2020); Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent (2020); William C.
