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Brown Girl Dreaming

By: Jacqueline Woodson
Narrated by: Jacqueline Woodson
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 A New York Times bestseller and National Book Award winner

Jacqueline Woodson, the acclaimed author of Another Brooklyn, 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.

A Newbery Honor Book
A Coretta Scott King Award Winner

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 Biographies Growing Up & Facts of Life Literature & Fiction Multicultural Stories Poetry Poetry & Nursery Rhymes Women
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I am so glad someone recommended listening to this. I was curious about it being a story told in verse, but it is beautiful. Jacqueline makes the story of her childhood come alive

Beautiful

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I purchased both the paperback and audiobook of Brown Girl Dreaming. As I went through both I thought — if this was the first novel I ever read, if this was the first chapter book placed in my hands, if this was the first novel cover I had seen as a child, I would have believed that my stories mattered. This novel in verse is one of the most delicious reads I’ve had in a long time. The author’s reading had me smiling and nodding and wishing I could have a conversation with her at the end. This book is a gift. Pure joy!

I wish I had this as a child

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