” Timely & timeless.” --Jacqueline Woodson” Important & deeply moving.” --John Green Acclaimed author Renee Watson offers a powerful story about a girl striving for success in a world that too often seems like it`s trying to break her. Jade believes she must get out of her poor neighborhood if she`s ever going to succeed. Her mother tells her to take advantage of every opportunity that comes her way. & Jade has: every day she rides the bus away from her friends & to the private school where she feels like an outsider, but where she has plenty of opportunities. But some opportunities she doesn`t really welcome, like an invitation to join Women to Women, a mentorship program for ”at-risk” girls. Just because her mentor is black & graduated from the same high school doesn`t mean she understands where Jade is coming from. She`s tired of being singled out as someone who needs help, someone people want to fix. Jade wants to speak, to create, to express her joys & sorrows, her pain & her hope. Maybe there are some things she could show other women about understanding the world & finding ways to be real, to make a difference.A 2017 New York Public Library Best Teen Book of the Year A School Library Journal Best Book of 2017, Young Adult