Blended

Isabella is torn; her mom is white and her dad is black, and they have gotten divorced, leaving Isabella at her mom's one week and her dad's the next. Isabella is more than just being caught between two homes, though. She is caught between two cultures. What is her place? How can she react when her black friend is victimized? As a fellow black person? Or a white person?

Blended is a book that will deeply resonate with children today. Sharon Draper takes on issues of race that all children confront and centers readers in the character of Isabella who is conflicted in her responses to issues.

I can't think of any better way for children to develop empathy for racial issues than to read this book and see the world through the eyes of Isabella.