Title Brown girl dreaming / Jacqueline Woodson.

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New York, New York : Puffin Books, 2016.

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Description	349 pages : illustrations, genealogical tables ; 21 cm
Note	"Contains seven new, original poems by the author"--Page [4] of cover.
Summary	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.
Contents	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.
Audience	Ages 10 and up.
Awards	National Book Award Winner.
	Newbery Honor Book.
	Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner, 2015
Subject	Woodson, Jacqueline -- Biography.
	Woodson, Jacqueline -- Juvenile poetry.
	African American women authors -- Biography -- Juvenile poetry.
	Identity (Psychology) in children -- Juvenile poetry.
	Identity (Psychology) in children -- Biography.
	African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile poetry.
	African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Biography.
	Children -- Books and reading -- Juvenile poetry.
	Children -- Books and reading -- Biography.
	United States -- Social conditions -- 1960-1980 -- Juvenile poetry.
	United States -- Social conditions -- 1960-1980 -- Biography.
	Woodson, Jacqueline -- Poetry.
	Authors, American -- Poetry.
	African American women authors -- Poetry.
	Women -- Biography -- Poetry.
	African Americans -- Biography -- Poetry.
	Autobiographical poetry.
	Woodson, Jacqueline. (OCoLC)fst00254192
	African American women authors. (OCoLC)fst00799477
	African Americans -- Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00799575
	Children -- Books and reading. (OCoLC)fst00854849
	Identity (Psychology) in children. (OCoLC)fst00966909
	Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
	Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01423828
ISBN	0147515823
	9780147515827
	9780606393102
	0606393102

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