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Brown Girl Dreaming

Written by Jacqueline Woodson
Published by Nancy Paulsen Books
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Jan 1, 2014
Publication Date
352
Pages
10-16
Target Age

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Publisher Summary

In vivid poems that reflect the joy of finding her voice through writing stories, an award-winning author shares what it was like to grow up in the 1960s and 1970s in both the North and the South.

What Kind of Book is Brown Girl Dreaming

Themes:
antiracism
Coretta Scott King Award Winners
Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
activism
empathy
20th century
girls and women
prejudice and racism
authors
America
1960's
1970's
social issues
Genres:
nonfiction
biography and autobiography
poetry
Locations:
United States

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5.5 / 7.0

This was fantastic! It’s a story/memoir told through poems, and it’s interesting and eye-opening and beautiful. This would be a great book to read with a middle elementary school child and talk about together, or for an older elementary or middle school child to read on his or her own.

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Book Details

ISBN:
9780399252518
Publication Date:
January 1, 2014
Library of Congress Number (LCCN):
2014021346
ASIN/ISBN 10:
0399252517
Lexile® Level:
990L
ATOS® Book Level:
5.3
Accelerated Reader® Points:
5.0
Accelerated Reader Quiz:
168140
Accelerated Reader Interest Level:
MG

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