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Some Places More Than Others Spiral-Bound | 2020-09-08

Renée Watson

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Newbery Honor author Renée Watson's heartwarming middle-grade novel explores the past, the present, and the places we call home.

All Amara wants for her birthday is to visit her father's family in Harlem. She can't wait to finally meet her Grandpa Earl and cousins in person and stay in the brownstone where her father grew up. Maybe this will help her understand her family--and herself--in new ways.
But New York City is not what Amara imagined. 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 learns more about Harlem, her father, and his family history, she realizes how, in some ways more than others, she connects with him, her home, and her family.
This is a powerful story about family, the places that make us who we are, and how we find ways to connect to our history across time and distance.

Publisher: Macmillan
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 224 pages
ISBN-10: 1681191105
Item Weight: 0.5 lbs
Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.9 x 8.2 inches
the hardcover (An IndieNext List pick)
"Watson is a master of structure and character development." --SLJ, starred review
"[A] beautiful blend of family, history, and culture." --Andrea Davis Pinkney, bestselling author of The Red Pencil
"So thematically vibrant and emotionally rich as to defy description." --Mike Jung, author of Unidentified Suburban Object
"A beautiful novel about family and forgiveness, about the memories we carry with us wherever we go, and the places our hearts call home." --Kate Messner, award-winning author of Breakout

RENÉE WATSON is the Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award-winning author of the novels Watch Us Rise, co-written with Ellen Hagan, Piecing Me Together, This Side of Home, What Momma Left Me, Betty Before X, co-written with Ilyasah Shabazz, and two picture books: Harlem's Little Blackbird and A Place Where Hurricanes Happen. Renée is the founder of I, Too, Arts Collective, a nonprofit committed to nurturing underrepresented voices in the creative arts. She lives in New York City. www.reneewatson.net • @harlemportland (Instagram)