When the Black Girl Sings

Adopted by white parents and sent to an exclusive Connecticut girls' school where she is the only black student, fourteen-year-old Lahni Schuler feels like an outcast, particularly when her parents separate, but after attending a local church where she hears gospel music for the first time, she finds her voice.Adopted by white parents and sent to an exclusive Connecticut girls' school where she is the only black student, Lahni Schuler feels like an outcast, until she attends a local church where she hears gospel music for the first time.