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Synopsis
Johanita wants to have beautiful hair like the other girls at school. Johanita's hair is cropped very short. When her mother takes her to the hair salon, Johanita tries a series of wigs out each day at school, but she can't decide which one makes her look the beautiful.
After a new girl starts at school, Johanita discovers that beauty comes in many forms and it isn't your hair that makes you beautiful.
Synopsis
Johanita is a young girl of African descent who does not like her hair. She has short, tight, kinky curls but wants hair like other girls at school because she believes it will make her more beautiful.
When she goes to the mall with her mother one day, Johanita discovers a salon full of wigs. She proceeds to try on different wigs and wears one to school each day to match with her 'twin'. After a new girl starts school, Johanita discovers that beauty comes in many forms and it isn't your hair that makes you beautiful. 'Hair Peace' was inspired by the beautiful women and girls of Cameroon, Africa. It is a book about positive self-image and perceptions of beauty.