Piecing Me Together
by Renée Watson
34 Total Resources 12 Awards View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
- Women / Girls
Year Published 2017
Word Count 50,961
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 680L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 187729, 7.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Schools
- High schools--Fiction
- Children's Books/All Ages
- Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women
- High schools
- African Americans--Fiction
- African Americans
- Schools--Fiction
- Mentoring
- Mentoring--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Adolescence & Coming of Age
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Author Recording with Renée Watson about Piecing Me Together
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Renée Watson
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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View Comprehensive Text Complexity Measures
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Author 3
Author Interviews 11
Meet-the-Author Recording with Renée Watson
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2020 interview with Renée Watson
Created by NPR
Presentation by Renée Watson
Created by Urban Teachers
Interview with Renée Watson
Created by School Library Journal
Interview with Renée Watson
Created by All the Wonders
Interview with Renée Watson
Created by Cybils
Interview with Renée Watson
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Interview with Renée Watson
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Interview with Renée Watson
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Guest Post by Renée Watson
Created by Rethinking Schools
23rd Effie Lee Morris Lecture by Renée Watson
Created by San Francisco Public Library
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 5
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
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Discussion Guide from Coretta Scott King Book Awards
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Novel Study from Novel Studies
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Discussion Guide from Bloomsbury USA
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Book Readings 2
Complete Video Reading of "Black Girls Rising" narrated by Renée Watson
Created by San Francisco Public Library
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Renée Watson
Created by Recorded Books
Vocabulary Lists 1
Word lists, definitions, and example sentences
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Awards & Distinctions 12
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2022
Author Winner, 2018
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2022
Commended, 2018
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018
Rise: A Feminist Book Project Top Ten, 2011-2022
Commended, 2018
ILA Young Adults' Choices Reading List, 2015-2020
Selection, 2018
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2022
Selection, 2018
The Josette Frank Award, 1943-2022
Winner, 2018
John Newbery Medal, 1922-2022
Honor, 2018
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2021
Selection, 2017
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2021
Selection, 2017
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
City Selection, 2017
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