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Renée Watson is a #1 New York Times bestselling writer of books for young readers. Her novel Piecing Me Together earned a Coretta Scott King Award and a Newbery Honor. Drawing on her upbringing in Portland, Oregon, she centers Black girlhood, identity, and social justice in her work. A longtime educator and arts advocate, she splits her time between Portland and New York City.

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Ryan Hart


A Children & Middle Grade series (2020 - 2023)

This series is for you if you're into...

  • Black family stories rooted in community legacy
  • Sunny heroines facing family changes with grit
  • Big-hearted middle school humor with sibling warmth

Standalone Fiction

What Momma Left Me

This Side of Home

Piecing Me Together

Watch Us Rise

Love Is a Revolution

Black Girl You Are Atlas

skin & bones

All the Blues in the Sky

Everything New Again

Children & Middle Grade Books

A Place Where Hurricanes Happen

Harlem's Little Blackbird

Betty Before X

Some Places More Than Others

She Persisted: Oprah Winfrey

The 1619 Project: Born on the Water

Summer Is Here

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