Piecing Me Together illustrator-Debbie Ridpath Ohi How I Resist is the

How I Resist is the kind of book people will be discussing for years to come and a staple on bookshelves for generations

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

brings little comfort to her thorny heart

To her surprise

Piecing Me Together illustrator-Debbie Ridpath Ohi How I Resist is theJade 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"