An edition of Brown Girl Dreaming (2014)

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An edition of Brown Girl Dreaming (2014)

Brown Girl Dreaming

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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.

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Penguin Young Readers Group
Language
English
Pages
368

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JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Literary JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Issues / Prejudice & Racism Poetry African American women authors JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women Roman American Authors Amerikanisches Englisch Biography Juvenile poetry Identity (Psychology) in children African Americans Civil rights History Children Books and reading Social conditions Coretta Scott King Award JUVENILE NONFICTION Biography & Autobiography Literary Women Social Issues Prejudice & Racism African American authors Women authors Young adult poetry Autobiographical poetry Newbery Honor Children's poetry Authors, american African americans, biography nyt:childrens-middle-grade=2014-12-14 New York Times bestseller New York Times reviewed nyt:childrens-middle-grade-paperback=2016-10-30 award:Sibert_award award:Newbery_award lexile:990 lexile_range:901-1000 age:min:9 age:max:12 grade:min:5 grade:max:6

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Brown Girl Dreaming
2014, Nancy Paulsen Books (Penguin Group), Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
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Library of Congress
PS3573.O64524B7 2016, PS3573.O64524 Z46 2016

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OL28834675M
ISBN 13
9780147515827
OCLC/WorldCat
940280848
Amazon ID (ASIN)
B00M3Q6ONG

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OL17108369W

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