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A review by andee_zomerman
Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson
5.0
I didn't grow up poor, I didn't grow up Black, and though I live here now, I didn't grow up in Portland. Yet, for the pages in this book, I transported myself into an imaginary world in which I did. And while I have all of the privilege in the world, for a second I was in the life of someone who doesn't.
I wish I could keep this book in our elementary library. Alas, because of some profanity and the YA classification, it's for middle school readers and up. However, I will still recommend this book to some of our kids, because they are living the life of Jade.
It's a story that is part of me now, and a story I need to remember when I care for the 700 young cherubs in my school.
I wish I could keep this book in our elementary library. Alas, because of some profanity and the YA classification, it's for middle school readers and up. However, I will still recommend this book to some of our kids, because they are living the life of Jade.
It's a story that is part of me now, and a story I need to remember when I care for the 700 young cherubs in my school.