

Heeding her mother's advice, Jade works to take advantage of every opportunity presented to her. Jade is from a poor neighborhood and is different from the rest of her school. Jade, who is also the book's narrator, is a sixteen-year-old African American student attending a mostly white private school in Portland, Oregon on a scholarship. The book, a New York Times best seller, was well reviewed and won several awards.

The first person novel tells the story of Jade, an ambitious African American high school student.

Piecing Me Together is a 2017 young adult novel by Renée Watson.
