EAN: 9780147515827

BROWN GIRL DREAMING - JACQUELINE WOODSON KARTON...

Jacqueline Woodson's National Book Award and Newbery Honor winner  now available in paperback
with 7 all-new poems. Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young
People's Literature A President Obama O Book Club pick 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 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. Includes 7 new poems  including Brown Girl Dreaming. Praise for Jacqueline
Woodson: A 2016 National Book Award finalist for her adult novel  ANOTHER BROOKLYN Ms. Woodson
writes with a sure understanding of the thoughts of young people  offering a poetic  eloquent
narrative that is not simply a story . . . but a mature exploration of grown-up issues and
self-discovery.-The New York Times Book Review

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