Watson's second young adult novel, Piecing Me Together, was published by Bloomsbury in 2017. It tells the story of Jade, a poor African-American teenager at a predominantly white Portland, Oregon high school who struggles with the prejudice of the people surrounding her. It debuted at number nine on the New York Times young adult hardcover bestseller list on March 18, 2018. It also received several starred reviews, won the Coretta Scott King Author Award and the Bank Street Children's Book Committee's Josette Frank Award for fiction, and was a Newbery Honor Book. Watson's relationships with the black women she knew growing up and a 2014 NAACP report exploring struggles exclusive to African-American girls inspired her to write this novel.
