What Momma Left Me
From the winner of the Newbery Medal 2026
1st Edition
Published on 6. February 2020
240 pages
978-1-5266-0092-9 (ISBN)
Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of Piecing Me Together, a 2018 Newbery Honor Book and a Coretta Scott King Author Award-winner: a powerful novel about finding where you belong and the light in dark places
'Warm, rich and satisfying' Kirkus
Serenity knows she is good at keeping secrets, and she's got a whole lifetime's worth of them.
Her mother is dead, her father is gone, and she and her brother have to start over again by moving in with their grandparents. At first, things seem like they could be good: a new friend, a new church, a new school.
But when her brother seems to be going down the wrong path, the old fears set in. Will he end up like their dad? Will she end up like their mum?
In this exquisite coming of age story, Serenity discovers it is the power of love that keeps you sure of who you are, and who you will become.
'Warm, rich and satisfying' Kirkus
Serenity knows she is good at keeping secrets, and she's got a whole lifetime's worth of them.
Her mother is dead, her father is gone, and she and her brother have to start over again by moving in with their grandparents. At first, things seem like they could be good: a new friend, a new church, a new school.
But when her brother seems to be going down the wrong path, the old fears set in. Will he end up like their dad? Will she end up like their mum?
In this exquisite coming of age story, Serenity discovers it is the power of love that keeps you sure of who you are, and who you will become.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Young adult
Interest Age: From 12 years
ISBN-13
978-1-5266-0092-9 (9781526600929)
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Person
Renée Watson is the New York Times-bestselling, Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Award-winning author of Piecing Me Together, This Side of Home, What Momma Left Me, Watch Us Rise, co-written with Ellen Hagan, and Betty Before X, co-written with Ilyasah Shabazz, as well as two acclaimed picture books: A Place Where Hurricanes Happen and Harlem's Little Blackbird, which was nominated for an NAACP Image Award. She is the founder of I, Too Arts Collective, a non-profit-making organisation committed to nurturing under-represented voices in the creative arts, and currently lives in New York City.
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Content
- Intro
- Half Title
- Dedication
- Also by Renée Watson
- Title Page
- Contents
- Our Father
- Which
- Art in Heaven
- Hallowed Be Thy Name
- Thy Kingdom Come
- Thy Will Be Done, in Earth
- As It Is
- In Heaven
- Give Us
- This Day
- Our Daily Bread
- And Forgive Us
- Our Debts
- As We Forgive
- Our Debtors
- And Lead Us Not into Temptation
- But Deliver Us from Evil
- For Thine Is the Kingdom
- And the Power
- And the Glory, Forever
- Amen
- Red Velvet Cake Recipe
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Excerpt: Piecing Me Together
- Excerpt: Watch Us Rise
- Copyright
