Piecing Me
Together
By: Renee Watson
Genre: YA Realistic Fiction
Pages: 272
Published: 2017
Read: January
3.5 out of 5
Jade
is one of the few black students in a privileged high school which she attends
on scholarship. She has few friends and desperately seeks to travel abroad with
the school. She knows it is her only way out of her poor neighborhood. Instead
she gets selected to be in a “woman-to-woman” group where she is paired with a
mentor. Although this may be a great opportunity, her mentor isn’t as stable
herself as she should be. Only with Jade’s determination and learning alongside
her mentor makes this a powerful book. They both teach each other a lot about
the outside world. Watson’s focus is on teaching the reader’s that you create
your own future and that empowerment and standing up for oneself is as
important as the opportunities one may receive.
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