Color Me In follows the life of Nevaeh Levitz, a 15 year old biracial poet who is dealing with the divorce of her Jamaican Baptist mother and Caucasian Jewish father. Throughout the book Nevaeh finds herself in many situations that cause her to question her ethnicity, her socio-economic status, her place in a family structure that she did not experience a lot growing up and her religion. She deals with having to step up to the plate and acknowledge her societal and economical privileges and respond to them in situations where others may be mistreated because of the lack thereof. Other parts of the book deal with regular teenage events: romantic relationships and jealousy from others, the expectation of fulfillment and loyalty within friendships, stepping outside of your comfort zone to pursue a dream and bulling. The story was written in such a beautiful way that it is impossible to not be able to connect with Nevaeh in some fashion. I loved this book and the poetry written by Nevaeh. I would definitely check out any future books following the story. Such a great read and highly recommended!

Thanks goes to Netgalley and Random House Children's for this ARC copy in exchange for my review!