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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA

ISBN-101681191075

ISBN-139781681191072

eBay Product ID (ePID)237574348

Product Key Features

Book TitlePiecing Me Together

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2018

TopicSchool & Education, People & Places / United States / African American, General, Social Themes / General (See Also Headings under Family), Girls & Women

GenreJuvenile Fiction, Young Adult Fiction

AuthorRenée Watson

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight10.2 Oz

Item Length8.4 in

Item Width5.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal813.6

SynopsisNewbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner New York Times bestseller "Timely and timeless." -Jacqueline Woodson "Important and deeply moving." -John Green Bestselling and award-winning author Renée Watson offers a powerful story about a girl striving for success in a world that too often seems like it's trying to break her. Jade believes she must get out of her poor neighborhood if she's ever going to succeed. Her mother tells her to take advantage of every opportunity that comes her way. And Jade has: every day she rides the bus to the private school where she feels like an outsider, but where she has plenty of opportunities. But some opportunities she doesn't really welcome, like an invitation to join a mentorship program for "at-risk" girls. Just because her mentor is Black and graduated from the same high school doesn't mean she understands where Jade is coming from. She's tired of being singled out as someone who needs help, someone people want to fix. Jade wants to speak, to create, to express her joys and sorrows, her pain and her hope. Maybe there are some things she could show other women about understanding the world and finding ways to be real, to make a difference. NPR's Best Books A New York Public Library Best Teen Book of the Year Chicago Public Library's Best Books A School Library Journal Best Book Kirkus Reviews ' Best Teen Books Josette Frank Award Winner, Acclaimed author Renee Watson offers a powerful story about a girl striving for success in a world that too often seems like it's trying to break her., 2018 Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner "Timely and timeless." --Jacqueline Woodson "Important and deeply moving." --John Green Acclaimed author Renee Watson offers a powerful story about a girl striving for success in a world that too often seems like it's trying to break her. Jade believes she must get out of her poor neighborhood if she's ever going to succeed. Her mother tells her to take advantage of every opportunity that comes her way. And Jade has: every day she rides the bus away from her friends and to the private school where she feels like an outsider, but where she has plenty of opportunities. But some opportunities she doesn't really welcome, like an invitation to join Women to Women, a mentorship program for "at-risk" girls. Just because her mentor is black and graduated from the same high school doesn't mean she understands where Jade is coming from. She's tired of being singled out as someone who needs help, someone people want to fix. Jade wants to speak, to create, to express her joys and sorrows, her pain and her hope. Maybe there are some things she could show other women about understanding the world and finding ways to be real, to make a difference. NPR's Best Books of 2017 A 2017 New York Public Library Best Teen Book of the Year Chicago Public Library's Best Books of 2017 A School Library Journal Best Book of 2017 Kirkus Reviews ' Best Teen Books of 2017 2018 Josette Frank Award Winner