Watson, Renée 1978- creator author. text biography Young adult fiction School stories enk 2017 2018 monographic eng

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263 pages : 20 cm 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 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 away from her friends and 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 Women to Women, 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 general REN'EE WATSON Originally published: Bloomsbury Children's Books : New York, 2017. WINNER OF THE CORETTA SCOTT KING AUTHOR AWARD 2018 NEWBERY HONOR BOOK Mentoring Juvenile fiction High schools Juvenile fiction Private schools Juvenile fiction 813.6 9781408897348 PPAK 200127 20200127111909.0 eng