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Renee Watson

  • 5 stars across 14 books
    RENEE WATSON is the Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award-winning author of the novels Piecing Me Together, This Side of Home, What Momma Left Me, Betty Before X, co-written with Ilyasah Shabazz, and two picture books: Harlem's Little Blackbird and A Place Where Hurricanes Happen. Renee is the founder of I, Too, Arts Collective, a nonprofit committed to nurturing underrepresented voices in the creative arts. She lives in New York City.

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    4th February 2021

    Love Is a Revolution

    From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Renee Watson comes a new YA novel - a love story about no... More

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    6th February 2020

    What Momma Left Me

    From the New York Times bestselling author of Piecing Me Together , a 2018 Newbery Honor Book and a Cor... More

    (8 reviews)
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    23rd July 2020

    Ways to Make Sunshine

    From New York Times- bestselling and multi-award-winning author Renee Watson comes the start of a character-driven,... More

    (8 reviews)
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    5th September 2019

    Some Places More Than Others

    From New York Times bestselling and multi award-winning author Renee Watson comes a heartwarming and inspiring middl... More

    (6 reviews)
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    8th February 2018

    Piecing Me Together

    2018 Newbery Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner: a beautiful, powerful coming of age story 'Im... More

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    6th April 2017

    This Side of Home

    A captivating and poignant coming-of-age YA novel about sisters, friends, and what it means to embrace change. From N... More

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    31st December 2018

    Betty Before X

    In Detroit, 1945, eleven-year-old Betty’s house doesn’t quite feel like home. She believes her mother loves her, but she... More

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      I really loved this book as a modern romance, where the message of learning to love yourself is a key theme. I highly recommend it!...

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