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Brown Girl Dreaming
Coretta Scott King Book Awards · 2015 · WinnerNational Book Award for Young People's Literature · 2014 · Winner
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Coretta Scott King Book AwardsAuthor Award | 2015 | Winner |
| National Book Award for Young People's Literature | 2014 | Winner |
About This Book
A memoir in verse about growing up in the 1960s and 1970s in both the North and South of the United States as a Black girl.
About the Author
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 →
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