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A review by rgoodhart
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
4.0
Beautifully written, this verse novel tells the story of the author’s life. Moving from Ohio to South Carolina, to NYC, it maps the changes in her life as she grows up, providing insight not only into her life but into some of the attitudes and changes she experienced in those societies.
It’s a gentle book, yet doesn’t shy away from some tough themes.
Through it all we see the importance of both place and family in making us the people we are, as well as the author’s growing determination to become a writer.
It’s a gentle book, yet doesn’t shy away from some tough themes.
Through it all we see the importance of both place and family in making us the people we are, as well as the author’s growing determination to become a writer.