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Black Like Me by Renée Watson
When I was in middle school, I was bused to the other side of town for my education. Portland Public Schools wanted to integrate middle schools in Southeast Portland. This meant that a handful of black students—most of us from Northeast Portland who had attended elementary school together—boarded a yellow school bus before sunrise to ride across town.
Kid Friendly Biography
When Renée Watson was seven years old, she wrote a 21-page story and her teacher told her, “I think you’re going to be a writer one day!” And she was right. Renée’s been writing ever since: poetry, plays, and books. Some of Renée’s books include The Ryan Hart series, Some Places More Than Others, and Love is a Revolution. Her novel Piecing Me Together won two very special awards, the Coretta Scott King Award and the Newbery Honor.
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