She's tired of being singled out as someone who needs help, someone people want to fix. Just because her mentor is black and graduated from the same high school doesn't mean she understands where Jade is coming from.

But some opportunities she doesn't really welcome, like an invitation to join Women to Women, a mentorship program for 'at-risk' girls. 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. Her mother tells her to take advantage of every opportunity that comes her way. Jade believes she must get out of her poor neighborhood if she's ever going to succeed. Maybe there are some things she could show other women about understanding the world and finding ways to be real, to make a difference.Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner New York Times bestseller '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 wants to speak, to create, to express her joys and sorrows, her pain and her hope.

Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner New York Times bestseller '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.

Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson