Jade is determined to succeed in a world that often feels intent on breaking her, and she knows she has to seize every opportunity that comes her way. She already has: each day she rides the bus away from her friends to a private school where she feels like an outsider, but where real opportunities exist. Some opportunities, though, she could do without – like the mentor programme for ‘at-risk’ girls. Being Black doesn’t automatically mean her mentor understands where Jade is really coming from, and Jade can’t help wondering why she’s always treated as something that needs fixing. But with a college scholarship waiting at the end of it, how can she refuse? Jade sometimes feels like her whole life is made up of hundreds of conflicting pieces – will they ever fit together? Will she ever find her place in this world? More than anything, she just wants a real chance to make a difference. 2018 Newbery Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner: a beautiful, powerful coming of age story. ‘Important and deeply moving’ JOHN GREEN ‘Timely and timeless’ JACQUELINE WOODSON NPR’s Best Books of 2017 A 2017 New York Public Library Best Teen Book of the Year Chicago Public Library’s Best Books of 2017 A School Library Journal Best Book of 2017 Kirkus Reviews’ Best Teen Books of 2017 2018 Josette Frank Award Winner
ISBN 13: 9781408897348
Author: Renee Watson
