Brown Girl Dreaming

Name: Brown Girl Dreaming
ISBN: 9780399252525

by Jacqueline Woodson

Coretta Scott · 2015 · WinnerNational Book · 2014 · Winner

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Nancy Paulsen BooksAugust 28, 2014Young Adult Biography & Memoir PoetryISBN 9780399252525

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
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 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 →