Brown Girl Dreaming

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Thursday, September 24, 2015 - 10:33
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Brown Girl Dreaming
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Written by Jacqueline Woodson and published by Nancy Paulson Books, an imprint of Penguin Group, Penguin Group (USA) LLC
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“Brown Girl Dreaming" is an absorbing free verse memoir of a young girl growing up black and female in the 1960s and ‘70s full of arresting details and vivid imagery. Woodson's choice of events and memories incorporate important historical events and her own evolution into the award-winning writer she has become.

From the time she was a child scribbling her name, Woodson told stories both true and not so true. After graduating from Adelphi University, she published her first book in 1990. Winner of many book awards, most recently the 2014 National Book Award Young People’s Literature, her published works range from picture books to young adult novels.

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Brown Girl Dreaming
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9780399252518
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