Hanover Library CatalogueBrown girl dreaming / Jacqueline Woodson.
Publisher: New York : Puffin Books, 2016Description: 349 pages ; 21 cmISBN:- 0147515823
- 9780147515827
- 9780606393102
- 0606393102
- 9781484496749
- 1484496744
- Woodson, Jacqueline -- Juvenile poetry
- African American women authors -- Biography -- Juvenile poetry
- Identity (Psychology) in children -- Juvenile poetry
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile poetry
- Children -- Books and reading -- Juvenile poetry
- Autobiographical poetry
- United States -- Social conditions -- 1960-1980 -- Juvenile poetry
- 811/.54 B 23
- PS3573.O64524 Z46 2016
- I712.82
- National Book Award Winner.
- Newbery Honor Book.
- Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner, 2015
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J 800 - 899 | Hanover Public Library Shelves | J 811.54 WOOD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31906001236455 |
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"Contains seven new, original poems by the author"
Family tree -- Part I: I am born -- Part II: The stories of South Carolina run like rivers -- Part III: Followed the sky's mirrored constellation to freedom -- Part IV: Deep in my heart, I do believe -- Part V. Ready to change the world -- Author's note -- Thankfuls -- Family photos -- The story isn't over : seven beautiful new poems.
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.
National Book Award Winner.
Newbery Honor Book.
Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner, 2015
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