Piecing me together

The Resource Piecing me together
Label
Piecing me together
Statement of responsibility
Renée Watson
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
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
Awards note
  • Coretta Scott King Author Award, 2018
  • Newbery Honor, 2018
  • School Library Journal's Best Books, 2017
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
  • 813/.6
  • [Fic]
Index
no index present
Intended audience
680L
Intended audience source
Lexile
LC call number
  • PS3623.A8734
  • PZ7.W32868
LC item number
  • P54 2017
  • Pi 2017
Literary form
novels
Target audience
adolescent

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