

Skin
Author: Donna Jo Napoli
Narrator: Whitney Dykhouse
Unabridged: 6 hr 54 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 09/03/2013
Author: Donna Jo Napoli
Narrator: Whitney Dykhouse
Unabridged: 6 hr 54 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 09/03/2013
Donna Jo Napoli is the versatile and acclaimed author of many award-winning books for children and young adults. In Skin, she tells a story she feels passionate about. “Like Sep, almost all of us will discover something wrong with ourselves that we have to somehow cope with,” she says. “Sep makes a lot of mistakes and her mistakes hurt. But she is able to reclaim her own power and survive, realizing that despite it all, life goes on, and—is good.” Donna Jo Napoli lives in Swathmore, Pennsylvania, where she teaches linguistics at Swathmore College.
I put off writing this review for as long as I could. Because to write it would mean getting personal and I don’t know if I want do that. Okay fine. Here’s a story. Of sorts. When I was in grade five, I got diagnosed with a skin disorder and have suffered from it since. Over the years, I have felt like......more
Two things were working against my expectations for this book: my knowledge of previous books Donna Jo Napoli has written, and the jacket copy leading me on. First, while I know Donna Jo Napoli has written a huge variety of books, I first encountered her (and love her best for) her fairy/folk tale re......more
“Sep’s happy ending is an understanding that a benign skin condition isn’t the end of her hopes for the future, and her story is as nuanced and refreshing as her hard-earned perspective.” —The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books