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001 2014021346
003 DLC
005 20150129084209.0
008 140603s2014 nyuaj 000 0aeng
010 $a 2014021346
020 $a9780399252518 (hardcover)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aPS3573.O64524$bZ46 2014
082 00 $a811/.54$aB$223
084 $aJNF007030$aJNF007120$aJNF053140$2bisacsh
100 1 $aWoodson, Jacqueline.
245 10 $aBrown girl dreaming /$cJacqueline Woodson.
264 1 $aNew York :$bNancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA),$c2014.
300 $a336 pages :$billustrations, genealogical tables ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Jacqueline Woodson, one of today's finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and emotionally charged, each line a glimpse into a child's soul as she searches for her place in the world. Woodson's eloquent poetry also reflects the joy of finding her voice through writing stories, despite the fact that she struggled with reading as a child. Her love of stories inspired her and stayed with her, creating the first sparks of the gifted writer she was to become. Praise for Jacqueline Woodson: Ms. Woodson writes with a sure understanding of the thoughts of young people, offering a poetic, eloquent narrative that is not simply a story. but a mature exploration of grown-up issues and self-discovery."-The New York Times Book Review"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"The author shares her childhood memories and reveals the first sparks that ignited her writing career in free-verse poems about growing up in the North and South"--$cProvided by publisher.
600 10 $aWoodson, Jacqueline$vPoetry.
650 0 $aAuthors, American$y20th century$vBiography$vPoetry.
650 0 $aAfrican American women authors$vBiography$vPoetry.
650 7 $aJUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Literary.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aJUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aJUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Issues / Prejudice & Racism.$2bisacsh
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