by Jacqueline Woodson
Woodson, J. (2014). Brown girl dreaming. New York: Penguin.
Jacqueline Woodson and her family live in Ohio, but her mother's love for Greenville, South Carolina, lulls her back. The three children make the move, but, sadly, their father remains in the north. Growing up in the south has its pros and cons. Extended family is a pro. Segregation and prejudices are cons. Becoming a Jehovah's Witness falls somewhere in the middle. Eventually, the family moves to New York. Through it all, Jacqueline learns the value of family and finds her gifts of storytelling and writing.
This autobiography is written by Jacqueline Woodson in free verse. Because it spans the 1960s and 1970s, it is a fantastic historical account of what it was like to grow up in both the North and South during the civil rights movement. It was interesting to read since I was born in the late 1960s in the South, but also spent some of my childhood living in the North. The world that we live in today is quite different than it was then. I think that Brown Girl Dreaming will help those who read it to learn about the past and help to preserve pieces of our nation's history, some good and some bad, that we need to remember. In addition, this book does an excellent job in conveying that every person is designed for a purpose and in encouraging each to seek it out.
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Author, Jacqueline Woodson's website: http://www.jacquelinewoodson.com/
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Jacqueline Woodson and her family live in Ohio, but her mother's love for Greenville, South Carolina, lulls her back. The three children make the move, but, sadly, their father remains in the north. Growing up in the south has its pros and cons. Extended family is a pro. Segregation and prejudices are cons. Becoming a Jehovah's Witness falls somewhere in the middle. Eventually, the family moves to New York. Through it all, Jacqueline learns the value of family and finds her gifts of storytelling and writing.
This autobiography is written by Jacqueline Woodson in free verse. Because it spans the 1960s and 1970s, it is a fantastic historical account of what it was like to grow up in both the North and South during the civil rights movement. It was interesting to read since I was born in the late 1960s in the South, but also spent some of my childhood living in the North. The world that we live in today is quite different than it was then. I think that Brown Girl Dreaming will help those who read it to learn about the past and help to preserve pieces of our nation's history, some good and some bad, that we need to remember. In addition, this book does an excellent job in conveying that every person is designed for a purpose and in encouraging each to seek it out.
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Author, Jacqueline Woodson's website: http://www.jacquelinewoodson.com/
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