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Brown Girl Dreaming
Jackie read slower than her sister and wrote her way into who she was. ✍🏾 Brown Girl Dreaming is for every late bloomer with a story to tell.
Who it's for
Brown Girl Dreaming lets readers watch a young girl slowly understand herself through her family, her two homes and her growing love of words.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Brown Girl Dreaming is Jacqueline Woodson's 2014 memoir written in verse, which won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature and a Newbery Honor. It traces her childhood during the civil rights era, from her birth in Ohio to years spent with her grandparents in South Carolina and then her family's move to Brooklyn.
Where to find it
In print (Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin) and in most libraries, including Libby/Hoopla. An audiobook read by the author exists.
Before you start
Heads up: Racism and a grandfather's death.
Age: Ages 9+
The waterfall sings, "I find my song, when I find my freedom."Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 36
