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Patricia Gilbert looked nearly as young as the students she counseled in a Brooklyn high school. And despite her African-American heritage, she also looked white.

Kent Baxter was a troubled biracial teen who had left his mother's wealthy Colorado family to come to New York to live with his black father--and to find his own identity. Almost at once, he is challenged by his black classmates to prove he's one of them.

Kent's father, Morgan Baxter, broke through stereotyping when he became CEO of his own company. Long ago, he also tried to shatter prejudice in an interracial marriage--and failed. Now he was falling for a black woman the world thought was white. As his angry son's emotions raced toward a boiling point, they all had to learn the truth about love and identity, which was more than just skin deep.