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Also by Jacqueline Woodson:

Red at the Bone, September 2020
Trade Size / e-Book (reprint)
Another Brooklyn, June 2017
Paperback
Another Brooklyn, August 2016
Hardcover
Brown Girl Dreaming, November 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
Beneath A Meth Moon, February 2012
Hardcover / e-Book
Feathers, March 2007
Hardcover
The Other Side, January 2001
Hardcover

BROWN GIRL DREAMING
By: Jacqueline Woodson

Nancy Paulsen Books
November 2014
On Sale: November 6, 2014
ISBN: 0399252517
EAN: 9780399252518
Kindle: B00M3Q6ONG
Hardcover / e-Book
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Young Adult | Non-Fiction Memoir | Multicultural

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.

Media Buzz

Fresh Air - NPR - June 19, 2015
Diane Rehm Show - NPR - April 29, 2015
PBS News Hour - December 30, 2014
News at 4: Wednesday Reads  - December 3, 2014