Reviewed by Crystal Brunelle
Review Source: Rich in Color
Book Author: Renée Watson
Jade creates stunning collages. She’s an artist turning bits and pieces of color, texture and shapes together. Art has often been one of the ways people explore what they think about the world and sometimes it’s a way to find healing. Jade creates these amazing collages and they are a way she processes what’s going on in her life. It seems like the people who love her make her whole and the world takes her apart.
“Sometimes it feels like I leave home a whole person, sent off with kisses from Mom, who is hanging her every hope on my future. By the time I get home I feel like my soul has been shattered into a million pieces.”
This is an introspective book. Jade is a thinker and I loved seeing through her eyes. Continue reading.
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Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA on February 14th 2017
Genres: African American, Family, OwnVoices, Racism, School, Teen Years, Banned Books
Pages: 272
Reading Level: High School
ISBN: 9781681191058
Review Source: Rich in Color
Also by this author: Ways to Make Sunshine, Black Girl You Are Atlas
Publisher's synopsis: 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. She accepted a scholarship to a mostly-white private school and even Saturday morning test prep opportunities. But some opportunities feel more demeaning than helpful. Like an invitation to join Women to Women, a mentorship program for "at-risk" girls. Except really, it's for black girls. From "bad" neighborhoods. And just because Maxine, her college-graduate mentor, is black doesn't mean she understands Jade. And maybe there are some things Jade could show these successful women about the real world and finding ways to make a real difference.
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