Character Analysis Of Maleeka In The Book 'The Skin I M In'

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People choose friends because they’re people who you usually hangout with which is normal, but, what if someone chooses wrong type of friends?. That’s what our main character, Maleeka in the book ‘’The Skin I’m In’’ by Sharon G. Flake goes through. Maleeka is in 7th grade now and she is careless on whom to choose her friends, she is friends with one girl named Char, Char failed 7th grade twice she also has two twins as her ‘backup’ wherever she goes. Char really needs to get out of 7th Grade or else she will be kicked out of school, so, she uses Maleeka as her ‘friend’ for her grades, while Maleeka uses Char as her ‘friend’ to bring her clothes. You might be asking why would she ask her for clothes?, well,Maleeka is a poor girl and her father