Piecing Me Together

By Renée Watson

A girl seeks her voice in a world that labels her 'at-risk.'

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264 pages· 50,736 words· Est. 4.5 hour read

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Bookroo's summary

Jade navigates the challenges of a private school where she feels like an outsider. Pressured to join a mentorship for 'at-risk' girls, she resists being seen as someone needing help. Instead, Jade yearns to express her true self, to share her joys and struggles, and to make a real impact. Can she find her voice and redefine what it means to succeed on her own terms?

From the publisher

Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award WinnerNew York Times bestsellerTimely 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 2017A 2017 New York Public Library Best Teen Book of the YearChicago Public Library’s Best Books of 2017A School Library Journal Best Book of 2017Kirkus Reviews’ Best Teen Books of 20172018 Josette Frank Award Winner