- Schools, Mentoring, Juvenile fiction, African Americans
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 she has.
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Contemporary, classical in form, earnest and grave.
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- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Renée Watson
- First published
- 2017
- Pages
- 264
- Publisher
- Scholastic, Inc, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Recorded Books, Inc. and Blackstone Publishing
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781338180725
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Renée Watson is a #1 New York Times Bestselling author of books for young readers. Her books have sold over one million copies. Her young adult novel, ***Piecing Me Together***, received a Coretta Scott King Award and Newbery Honor. Her children's picture books and novels for teens have received several awards and international recognition. Many of her books are inspired by her experiences growing up as a Black girl in the Pacific Northwest. Her poetry and fiction center around the experiences of Black girls and explore themes of home, identity, body image, and the intersections of race, class, and gender. She has given readings and lectures at many renown places including the United Nations
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