Overview
Secrets can hurt. Love can heal. Rediscover New York Times bestselling, Newbery Honor- and Coretta Scott King Author Award-winning author Renée Watson's heart-rending debut, about one girl's journey to reconnect to joy. Serenity is good at keeping secrets, and she's got a whole lifetime's worth of them. Her mother is dead, her father is gone, and starting life over at her grandparents' house is strange. Luckily, certain things seem to hold promise: a new friend who makes her feel connected, and a boy who makes her feel seen. But when her brother starts making poor choices, her friend is keeping her own dangerous secret, and her grandparents put all of their trust in a faith that Serenity isn't sure she understands, it is the power of love that will repair her heart and keep her sure of just who she is. Renée Watson's stunning writing shines in this powerful and ultimately uplifting novel.
Full Product Details
Author: Renée Watson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Bloomsbury YA
Dimensions:
Width: 14.70cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.318kg
ISBN: 9781547601738
ISBN 10: 1547601736
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 08 January 2019
Recommended Age: From 10 to 14 years
Audience:
Young adult
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Warm, rich, and satisfying. - Kirkus Reviews The author is a natural storyteller. . . . While the events, setting, and characters of this story are definitely contemporary, the tale is timeless. - VOYA Serenity Evans is a strong African-American character who will resonate with girls who are facing transitions of their own, large or small. - School Library Journal Timely and timeless. - Jacqueline Woodson, National Book Award-winning author of BROWN GIRL DREAMING on PIECING ME TOGETHER Watson, with rhythm and style, somehow gets at the toxicity of sympathy, the unquenchable thirst of fear, and the life-changing power of voice and opportunity, all wrapped up in Jade. - Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling and award-winning coauthor of ALL AMERICAN BOYS on PIECING ME TOGETHER An important and deeply moving novel. Highly recommended. - John Green, New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of THE FAULT IN OUR STARS on PIECING ME TOGETHER Renee Watson is a top-rate storyteller about what impacts young women today. - Meg Medina, award-winning author of BURN BABY BURN on PIECING ME TOGETHER
Author Information
Renée Watson is a New York Times bestselling author. Her novel, Piecing Me Together, received a Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Award. Her books include Ways to Make Sunshine, Some Places More Than Others, This Side of Home, What Momma Left Me, Betty Before X, cowritten with Ilyasah Shabazz, and Watch Us Rise, cowritten with Ellen Hagan, as well as two acclaimed picture books: A Place Where Hurricanes Happen and Harlem's Little Blackbird, which was nominated for an NAACP Image Award. Renée grew up in Portland, Oregon, and splits her time between Portland and New York City. www.reneewatson.net @harlemportland (Instagram)
