Another Brooklyn

Name: Another Brooklyn
ISBN: 9780062359025

by Jacqueline Woodson

Hurston/Wright Legacy · 2017 · ShortlistNAACP Image · 2017 · ShortlistNational Book · 2016 · Shortlist

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AmistadAugust 30, 2016Literary FictionISBN 9780062359025

Award History

Award	Year	Status
Hurston/Wright Legacy Award (Fiction)	2017	Shortlist
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction	2017	Shortlist
National Book Award for FictionFiction	2016	Shortlist

About This Book

August is a girl growing up in 1970s Brooklyn, navigating the complexities of girlhood and race alongside her three best friends. Woodson's lyrical coming-of-age novel captures the specific, irreplaceable texture of Black girlhood in America.

About the Author

Jacqueline WoodsonUS

Jacqueline Woodson is an American author who has written award-winning books for children, young adults, and adults. She has won the Coretta Scott King Award multiple times as well as the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, the Newbery Honor, and many other distinctions. Her memoir in verse Brown Girl Dreaming (2014) won the National Book Award, the Coretta Scott King Award, and was a Newbery Honor book. Read more →