Brown Girl Dreaming

Written by:
Jacqueline Woodson
Narrated by:
Jacqueline Woodson

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
40
Narrator
16
Release Date
August 2014
Duration
3 hours 56 minutes
Summary
A New York Times bestseller and National Book Award winner

Jacqueline Woodson, the acclaimed author of Another Brooklyn, 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 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
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naela thornton

Loved the story this book had to tell and the descriptive language!

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Kisa M

THE BEST BOOK EVER!!!!!!!!!

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Carolina Melchi

This book sucks is so boring nothing keeps you on the edge of your seat .and I'm bound the hole time it's being read

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