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Author: Renée Watson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Bloomsbury YA
Edition: New Edition
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 21.00cm
Weight: 0.251kg
ISBN: 9781681199498
ISBN 10: 1681199491
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: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
A heartbreaking and intense young adult novel. . . . Deftly conveys raw and accessible emotions. Thoughtful character development turns stereotypes on their head. --Foreword Reviews, starred review 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
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
[Serenity] discovers that individual moments in life, like the ingredients in her favorite red velvet cake, may be unsavory, but combined together they create a delicious experience. 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 the acclaimed author of the teen novels Piecing Me Together and This Side of Home, and two picture books: Harlem's Little Blackbird and A Place Where Hurricanes Happen, which was featured on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. Her middle grade novel, What Momma Left Me debuted as an ABA New Voices Pick. She lives in New York City. www.reneewatson.net @harlemportland (Instagram)
