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Woodson, Jacqueline, author.

Brown Girl Dreaming / Jacqueline Woodson.

New York : Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), c2014.

336 pages ; 22 cm

2014

Jacqueline Woodson, one of today's finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. 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. Woodson's eloquent 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.

Lexile: 990, 900 range; AR: 5.3.

10-14. Brodart

5-9. Brodart

Newbery Medal, 2015

Correta Scott King Award, 2015

Woodson, Jacqueline -- Juvenile poetry.

Woodson, Jacqueline -- Poetry.

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

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

American authors -- Biography -- Poetry.

African American women authors -- Biography -- Poetry.

Horn Book, September 01, 2014

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, September 01, 2014

Booklist, August 01, 2014

Kirkus Reviews, July 15, 2014

Accelerated Reader MG 5.3 5

Reading Counts 6-8 8.4 9

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