Love Is a Revolution
From the winner of the Newbery Medal 2026
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Love Is a Revolution
Narrated by:
Renée Watson
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Narrated by:
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Renée Watson
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Renée Watson
From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Renée Watson comes a new YA novel – a love story about not only a romantic relationship but how a girl finds herself and falls in love with who she really is.
'Reading a Renée Watson novel is like having an intimate conversation with a friend' Brandy Colbert
'deftly crafted, big-hearted, beautiful, funny, honest, and inspiring' Nicola Yoon
When Nala Robertson reluctantly agrees to attend an open mic night for her cousin-sister-friend Imani’s birthday, she finds herself falling in instant love with Tye Brown, the MC. He’s perfect, except . . .
Tye is an activist and is spending the summer putting on events for the community when Nala would rather watch movies and try out the new seasonal flavors at the local creamery. In order to impress Tye, Nala tells a few tiny lies to have enough in common with him. As they spend more time together, sharing more of themselves, some of those lies get harder to keep up. As Nala falls deeper into keeping up her lies and into love, she’ll learn all the ways love is hard, and how self-love is revolutionary.
In Love Is a Revolution, plus size girls are beautiful and get the attention of the hot guys, the popular girl clique is not shallow but has strong convictions and substance, and the ultimate love story is not only about romance but about how to show radical love to the people in your life, including to yourself.©2021 Renée Watson (P)2021 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Critic reviews
One of the most radical things a Black girl can do is know that she is both worthy of love and deserving of joy. In Love Is a Revolution, Watson takes us on Nala's journey to claim her right to decide who she wants to be in a world that so often tries to fit Black girls into metaphorical boxes. It is deftly crafted, big-hearted, beautiful, funny, honest, and inspiring.
Reading a Renée Watson novel is like having an intimate conversation with a friend (or, in this case, a cousin-sister-friend). Love Is a Revolution is a powerful look at a young Black girl’s journey to self-acceptance in all facets of her life, and a beautiful example of how communities become family.
Renée Watson writes timeless fiction; Love Is A Revolution is more evidence of that indisputable fact. Nala’s voice speaks to the heart’s gentlest desires, and her journey is not just one readers will recognize, but one they’ve likely lived, or are currently living. Either way, Watson is a deft navigator who never loses her way.
This stunning book is the story I’ve been waiting for my whole life; where girls rise up to claim their space with joy and power. I resolve to give a copy to every teenager I know!
An extraordinary story of two indomitable spirits, the power of friendship, and what leadership looks like in the hands of young people today, Watch Us Rise is the novel we all need right now.
Timely, thought-provoking, and powerful. Watch Us Rise is an immediate young adult classic.
Watch Us Rise is a source of inspiration on every page and a remarkable story of the power of young people to make a difference. And it’s a great read.
Read this today. Give it to the young person in your life. It is an instruction manual to freedom and love and voice. It is a triumphant example of how literary arts and poetry intersect in our everyday lives and fortify the marrow of our survival.
A highly needed work for the #MeToo movement. . . . Watson and Hagan do not disappoint in this powerful story of two girls who take a stand against injustice while learning how to navigate a world that seeks to silence them.
A manifesto for budding feminists . . . An inspiring look at two strong-willed teens growing into even stronger young women ready to use their voices and take on the world
This intersectional, layered novel . . . covers a wide breadth of topics--institutionalized racism, how we undermine young women, feminism in the modern age--with a clear message: Girls are going to come out on top.
Timely and timeless, Piecing Me Together is a book about the ways young people deal with the hardships and heartbreak of everyday living while remaining whole and true to themselves.
Watson, with rhythm and style, somehow gets at the toxicity of sympathy, the unquenchable thirst of fear, and the life-changing power of voice and opportunity, all wrapped up in Jade
An important and deeply moving novel. Highly recommended.
I especially loved the relationship with Nala and Imani, her cousin-sister friend, and actually mirrors my own experience and I’m sure many others who face comparison with someone close to you that you love and respect so much.
Renee’s narration was beautiful and I love her cadence, especially when reading the lyrics of songs I wish were real, and poetry that was so uplifting.
This novel made me feel so good, and it left me aching for more, more discussion on the climate crisis, more loving between Ty and Nala, more tension between Nala and her own mother, just more in general.
This was a lovely addition to my collection, and will be listening to it over and over again. ❤️
Self Love is the Revolution
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