{"product_id":"piecing-me-together","title":"Piecing Me Together","description":"\u003cp\u003eNewbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner\u003cbr\u003eNew York Times bestseller\u003cbr\u003e\"Timely and timeless.\" -Jacqueline Woodson\u003cbr\u003e\"Important and deeply moving.\" -John Green\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBestselling and award-winning author Renée 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJade 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 Jade has: every day she rides the bus to the private school where she feels like an outsider, but where she has plenty of opportunities. But some opportunities she doesn't really welcome, like an invitation to join a mentorship program for \"at-risk\" girls. Just because her mentor is Black and graduated from the same high school doesn't mean she understands where Jade is coming from. She's tired of being singled out as someone who needs help, someone people want to fix. Jade wants to speak, to create, to express her joys and sorrows, her pain and her hope. Maybe there are some things she could show other women about understanding the world and finding ways to be real, to make a difference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNPR's Best Books\u003cbr\u003eA New York Public Library Best Teen Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eChicago Public Library's Best Books\u003cbr\u003eA School Library Journal Best Book\u003cbr\u003eKirkus Reviews' Best Teen Books\u003cbr\u003eJosette Frank Award Winner\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grassrootz Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46090001219757,"sku":"9781681191072","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0280\/9243\/2481\/files\/9781681191072.jpg?v=1780867297","url":"https:\/\/grassrootzbookstore.com\/products\/piecing-me-together","provider":"Grassrootz Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}