After picking this book up several times, I finally decided to read it. And I am so glad I did.
Brown Girl Dreaming is an autobiographical telling of Jacqueline Woodson growing up as an African American girl in the South. It delves into so many social issues from the 1960's and 1970's but even the issues we're having in the world today. Jacqueline was raised the same way as everyone else and deserved to be treated that way. She watched Angela Davis on television every day and held her fist high. She wrote about what she wanted, needed, loved, and missed. She wrote about what she knew, and what she didn't know she made up along the way. This little girl didn't realize she had a hard life. But she knew what she had shaped who she was. With family dying, incarcerated, or just gone, she had to continue with her life. Jacqueline Woodson definitely created a perfect little world for her childhood past.
Brown Girl Dreaming may be a children's book, but it truly is a book for all ages.
Written in poetry form, the words literally fly off the page.
The words form little melodies that will stick with readers for long after they close the book.
Grab a copy and read her life.
Might as well add her newest book, Another Brooklyn, to your "to-read" list too! I know I will be. :)
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