Piecing Me Together illustrator-Debbie Ridpath Ohi Sam is in it to

Sam is in it to win it

2004 Newbery Medal Winner

and Baby Em are stuck in the city for the summer with only their pet goldfish—Barracuda

Internment challenges readers to fight complicit silence that exists in our society today

even though he has terrible stage fright

Piecing Me Together illustrator-Debbie Ridpath Ohi Sam is in it toJade believes she must get out of her neighborhood if she's ever going to succeed. Her mother says she has to take every opportunity. She has. She accepted a scholarship to a mostly white private school and even Saturday morning test prep opportunities. But some opportunities feel more demeaning than helpful. Like an invitation to join Women to Women, a mentorship program for "at risk" girls. Except really, it's for black girls. From "bad"