The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
by McBride, James
Biographies/AutobiographiesParents & Parental FiguresBlack PeopleALA Outstanding Books for the College Bound12New York
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AR Book Level
6.1
AR Points
11
Word Count
69,175
Interest Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Genre
Nonfiction
AR Quiz #
17804 EN
About this book
The author paints a portrait of growing up in a black neighborhood as the child of an interracial marriage. Although raised an Orthodox Jew in the South, McBride's mother abandoned her heritage, moved to Harlem, and married a black man.