Brown Girl Dreaming
eBook - 2014
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The acclaimed author of Red at the Bone tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing poems.A NEWBERY HONOR BOOK • WINNER OF THE CORETTA SCOTT KING BOOK AWARD • A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST MIDDLE GRADE BOOK OF THE CENTURY“Moving and resonant . . . captivating.”—The Wall Street JournalI am born in Ohio butthe stories of South Carolina already runlike riversthrough my veins.Raised in South Carolina and New York, Jacqueline 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 70s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching a...nd powerful, each poem is both accessible and emotionally charged, providing a glimpse into a child’s soul as she finds...
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- Published
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Penguin Young Readers Group
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Online Access
- OverDrive Resource Page
- Format
- Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
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ISBN | 9780698195707 |
ASIN | B00M3Q6ONG |
Release Date | 8/28/2014 |
OverDrive Read eBook | |
ISBN | 9780698195707 |
Release Date | 8/28/2014 |