Nothing against "Where the Red Fern Grows," she said, but surely there are books about black girls to which she could relate.
"My mom asked me, 'What are you going to do about it?' " the 11-year-old recalled. "I told her I was going to start a book drive."
After starting sixth grade in the fall of 2015, Marley decided the time had come to make her idea a reality. Marley launched #1000BlackGirlBooks in November to raise awareness of books featuring black girls and other people of color as protagonists.
"Whenever you see a character you identify with, you carry it with you and it inspires you," Marley said. "I want to introduce girls like me to books that will inspire them."
Through word of mouth, the campaign has grown into a global phenomenon. News outlets around the world have covered her effort to collect 1,000 books by February 11 -- just in time for Black History Month in the United States. Some books will go to a library in Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica, her mother's hometown; the rest will go to Marley's former elementary school in West Orange, New Jersey........
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