Brown Girl Dreaming

Jacqueline Woodson's National Book Award and Newbery Honor winner is a powerful memoir that tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse.

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 Amer...show more

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Jazzy
Sep 26, 2022
5/10 stars
Nice historical memoir.

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