# Brown Girl Dreaming - Hardcover

by **Jacqueline Woodson** (Author)

**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_

### Author Biography

**Jacqueline Woodson** (www.jacquelinewoodson.com) is the recipient of a 2020 MacArthur Fellowship, the 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Award, the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, and the 2018 Children's Literature Legacy Award. She was the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, and in 2015, she was named the Young People's Poet Laureate by the Poetry Foundation. She received the 2014 National Book Award for her _New York Times_ bestselling memoir _Brown Girl Dreaming_, which was also a recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award, a Newbery Honor, the NAACP Image Award, and a Sibert Honor. She wrote the adult books _Red at the Bone_, a _New York Times_ bestseller, and _Another Brooklyn_, a 2016 National Book Award finalist. Born in Columbus, Ohio, Jacqueline grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, and Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from college with a B.A. in English. She is the author of dozens of award-winning books for young adults, middle graders, and children; among her many accolades, she is a four-time Newbery Honor winner, a four-time National Book Award finalist, and a three-time Coretta Scott King Award winner. Her books include Coretta Scott King Award winner _Before the Ever After;_ _New York Times_ bestsellers _The Day You Begin_ and _Harbor Me_; _The Other Side_, _Each Kindness_, Caldecott Honor book _Coming On Home Soon_; Newbery Honor winners _Feathers_, _Show Way_, and _After Tupac and D Foster_; and _Miracle's Boys_, which received the _LA Times_ Book Prize and the Coretta Scott King Award. Jacqueline is also a recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement for her contributions to young adult literature and a two-time winner of the Jane Addams Children's Book Award. She lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York.

**Number of Pages:** 352

**Dimensions:** 1.2 x 8.75 x 5.89 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** August 28, 2014

**Award:** National Book Awards (2014)

**Award:** Newbery Medal (2015)

**Award:** Coretta Scott King Award (2015)

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Brown Girl Dreaming

**Interest Level:** Middle Grades, 4-8

**Reading Level:** 5.3

**Point Value:** 5

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