Book Description | """This stunning book is the story I've been waiting for my whole life; where girls rise up to claim their space with joy and power.""-Laurie Halse Anderson, New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Speak
""An extraordinary story of two indomitable spirits.""-Brendan Kiely, New York Times bestselling co-author of All American Boys and Tradition
""Timely, thought-provoking, and powerful.""-Julie Murphy, New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin'
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About the Author | Renée Watson is the New York Times bestselling, Newbery Honor, and Coretta Scott King Award-winning author of Piecing Me Together, This Side of Home, What Momma Left Me, and Betty Before X, co-written with Ilyasah Shabazz, as well as two acclaimed picture books: A Place Where Hurricanes Happen and Harlem's Little Blackbird, which was nominated for an NAACP Image Award. She is the founder of I, Too, Arts Collective, a nonprofit committed to nurturing underrepresented voices in the creative arts, and currently lives in New York City. |