The powerful, unforgettable and multi-award-winning New York Times bestseller.
Told in vivid and emotional poetry, this is the story of a childhood spent between New York and South Carolina, and of never truly feeling at home in either place. Of growing up as an African-American girl in the 1960s and 1970s, in the wake of the Civil Rights movement. Of discovering the first sparks of an incredible gift for writing, which would last a lifetime. And of one girl's search for her voice, her identity, and her place in the world.
Jacqueline Woodson's memoir is the winner of a US National Book Award, a Newbery Honor, and a Coretta Scott King Award.
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Imprint: Puffin
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Published: 02/04/2020
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ISBN: 9780241438176
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Length: 352 Pages
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RRP: £7.99
Reviews
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The triumph of Brown Girl Dreaming is not just in how well Woodson tells us the story of her life, but in how elegantly she writes words that make us want to hold those carefully crafted poems close, apply them to our lives, reach into the mirror she holds up and make the words and the worlds she explores our own. This is a book full of poems that cry out to be learned by heart. These are poems that will, for years to come, be stored in our bloodstream
New York Times
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Mezmerizing . . . Exquisite
School Library Journal
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A marvel
Booklist
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Will linger long after the page is turned
Kirkus
