Piecing Me Together Summary
Piecing me together by Renee Watson takes the point of view of Jade, a girl of color. She’s an artist and really smart, earning a scholarship to a prestigious high school. Piecing Me Together. The title of the book, Piecing Me Together, is a symbol of how the main character, Jade, is struggling to find out who she really is and how she fits into the world. The title is taken from a poem that includes the line, “piecing me back together.” In that poem, the writer is trying to overcome tragedy to piece herself.
Summary
Chapter 1 consists of three sentences that set the tone for the novel. Jade Butler writes that she is “learning to speak. To give myself a way out. A way in” (1). The Spanish word at the opening of Chapter 1 is “espanol,” which translates to “Spanish Language.”
Piecing Me Together Chapter 54 Summary
In Chapter 2, the opening Spanish word is “tener exito,” which means “to succeed.” Jade notes that the word “exit” appears in the Spanish word for succeed. She takes that as a sign she will have to leave her neighborhood if she wants to succeed. She has been attending St. Francis High School for the past two years on a scholarship. It is an exclusive school that is far from her neighborhood school, Northside High School. She would have preferred to go to Northside with her friends, but she feels compelled to make the most of this opportunity. The...