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Brown girl dreaming
Author
Title
Brown girl dreaming / Jacqueline Woodson.
ISBN
9780399252518
0399252517
Publication
New York : Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), [2014]
Copyright Notice Date
©2014
Physical Description
336 pages : illustrations, genealogical tables ; 22 cm
Notes
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
Summary
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.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 30, 2016
Audience
Grades 5-8.
Contents
Family tree. Part I. I am born
Part II. The stories of South Carolina run like rivers
Part III. Followed the sky's mirrored constellation to freedom
Part IV. Deep in my heart, I do believe
Part V. Ready to change the world.
Author's note
Thankfuls
Family photos.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Biography.
History.
Juvenile works.
Poetry.
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