Brown Girl Dreaming

$15.19

Hardcover
Publish Date: August 2014
Language: English
Reading Level: 5.3
EAN: 9780399252518

Overview

A New York Times Bestseller and National Book Award Winner

Jacqueline Woodson, the acclaimed author of
Red at the Bone, 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.

A National Book Award Winner
A Newbery Honor Book

A Coretta Scott King Award Winner

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

Details

Pages: 352
Dimensions: 8.75 x 5.89 x 1.2 in
Lexile Score: 990
Interest Level: Middle Grade (MG)
Point Value: 5
ISBN: 0399252517

Awards

2016 Georgia Children's Book Award - Finalist (Children's Book)
2016 Kentucky Bluegrass Award - Nominee (Grades 6-8)
2016 Nevada Young Readers' Award - Nominee (Intermediate)
2016 North Carolina Children's Book Award - Nominee (Junior Book)
2016 Rhode Island Teen Book Award - Nominee (Ages 12 & Up)
2015 Alabama Camellia Award - Nominee (Fiction (Grades 4-5))
2015 Black-Eyed Susan Award - Nominee (Grades 4-6)
2015 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards - Honor Book (Nonfiction)
2015 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended (Ten to Fourteen)
2015 Children's Book Committee Award - Winner (Poetry)
2015 Coretta Scott King Award - Winner (Author)
2015 E.B. White Read Aloud Award - Winner (Middle Readers)
2015 Great Stone Face Book Award - Nominee (Grades 4-6)
2015 Newbery Medal - Honor Book (Children's)
2015 Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize - Winner (Children's)
2015 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award - Honor Book (Children's Book)
2014 Cybils - Finalist (Poetry)
2014 L.A. Times Book Prize - Finalist (Young Adult Literature)
2014 National Book Awards - Winner (Young People's Lit.)