Book

Woodson, Jacqueline.

Brown girl dreaming / Jacqueline Woodson.

New York : Nancy Paulsen Books, 2014.

336 pages: illustrations, genealogical tables; 22 cm

Grades 5-8.

Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and emotionally charged, each line a glimpse into a child's soul as she searches for her place in the world. Woodson's poetry also reflects the joy of finding her voice through writing stories, despite the fact that she struggled with reading as a child. Her love of stories inspired her and stayed with her, creating the first sparks of the gifted writer she was to become.

Accelerated Reader 168140 MG 5.3 5.0.

Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.3 5.0 168140.

National Book Award Winner, Young People's Literature, 2014

Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner, 2015

Newbery Honor, 2015

Boston Globe/Horn Book Nonfiction Honor, 2015

Woodson, Jacqueline -- Juvenile poetry.

Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- Juvenile poetry.

African American women authors -- Biography -- Juvenile poetry.

Identity (Psychology) in children -- Juvenile poetry.

Identity (Psychology) in children -- Biography.

Children -- Books and reading -- Juvenile poetry.

United States -- Social conditions -- 1960-1980 -- Juvenile poetry.

Autobiographies.

Autobiographical poetry.

9780399252518 (hardback)

0399252517 (hardback)

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