# Some Places More Than Others - Hardcover

by **Renée Watson** (Author)

**From Newbery Honor- and Coretta Scott King Author Award-winning, _New York Times_ bestselling author Ren e Watson comes a heartwarming and inspiring novel for middle schoolers about finding deep roots and exploring the past, the present, and the places that make us who we are.**

All Amara wants for her birthday is to visit her father's family in New York City--Harlem, to be exact. She can't wait to finally meet her Grandpa Earl and cousins in person, and to stay in the brownstone where her father grew up. Maybe this will help her understand her family--and herself--in new way.

But New York City is not exactly what Amara thought it would be. It's crowded, with confusing subways, suffocating sidewalks, and her father is too busy with work to spend time with her and too angry to spend time with Grandpa Earl. As she explores, asks questions, and learns more and more about Harlem and about her father and his family history, she realizes how, in some ways more than others, she connects with him, her home, and her family.

**Acclaim for _Piecing Me Together  
_**Newbery Honor Book  
Coretta Scott King Author Award  
_Los Angeles Times_ Book Prize, Young Adult Finalist  
A New York Public Library Best Book for Teens  
A Chicago Public Library Best Book, Teen Fiction  
An ALA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults  
An _NPR_ Best Book  
A _Kirkus Reviews_' Best Teen Book  
A Refinery29 Best Book

### Author Biography

**Renée Watson** is a _New York Times_ bestselling author. Her novel, _Piecing Me Together,_ received a Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Award. Her books include _Ways to Make Sunshine_, _Some Places More Than Others_, _This Side of Home_, _What Momma Left Me_, _Betty Before X_, cowritten with Ilyasah Shabazz, and _Watch Us Rise_, cowritten with Ellen Hagan, 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. Renée grew up in Portland, Oregon, and splits her time between Portland and New York City.

www.reneewatson.net; @harlemportland (Instagram); @reneewauthor (Twitter)

**Number of Pages:** 208

**Dimensions:** 0.9 x 9.3 x 5.58 IN

**Publication Date:** September 03, 2019

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Some Places More Than Others

**Interest Level:** Middle Grades, 4-8

**Reading Level:** 4.6

**Point Value:** 5

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- **Price:** 16.99 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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