TY  - BOOK
AU  - Woodson,Jacqueline
TI  - Brown girl dreaming
SN  - 9780399252518
AV  - PS3573.O64524 Z46 2014
U1  - 811/.54B 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York
PB  - Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
KW  - Woodson, Jacqueline
KW  - Authors, American
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Biography
KW  - Poetry
KW  - African American women authors
KW  - JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Literary
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women
KW  - JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Issues / Prejudice & Racism
N1  - Accelerated Reader AR; MG; 5.3; 5.0; 168140
N2  - "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. 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.  Praise for Jacqueline Woodson:  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"--; "The author shares her childhood memories and reveals the first sparks that ignited her writing career in free-verse poems about growing up in the North and South"--
ER  -