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001			5036
005			20181127174636.0
008			140603s2014 nyuaj 000 0aeng
010			_a 2014021346
020			_a9780399252518 (hardcover)
042			_apcc
100	1		_aWoodson, Jacqueline.
245	1	0	_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	1	0	_aWoodson, Jacqueline _vPoetry.
650		0	_aAfrican American women authors _vBiography _vPoetry.
650		0	_aAuthors, American _y20th century _vBiography _vPoetry.
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