mudder17 's review for:

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

5.0

---

This is the third work I've read by this author and I absolutely love her writing. This the first that was in verse, but it definitely didn't feel that way to me. This is a memoir, yes, and it focuses on her "coming-of-age" years, as she grew up in Ohio, New York, and South Carolina during the time of the Civil Rights movements. Besides describing some of what it was like to live during these turbulent times, she also talks about her struggles with finding her voice as her sister was the "smart one" in the family and she had trouble reading. I found myself tearing up at times and wanted more by the time she finished. This book deserves all the awards and nominations and should be in every school library.