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Lacey Louwagie
Jan 14, 2015 rated it really liked it
Shelves: children-s, memoir, youngadult, poetry, book-club, middle-grade, 100-book-challenge-2015
This was so beautifully written, and I love the idea of doing a memoir in verse. It seemed the perfect format to tell this story, to assemble hundreds of snapshots that make up a life.

I've read a handful of books by Jacqueline Woodson (Feathers, I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This, The House You Pass on the Way, and The Dear One), and while they were all good, I felt as if something were missing from each of them; there was something that remained open and sad and left me wanting just a little bit ...more
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alana
Jan 16, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: biography-memoir, teachers-and-pupils, females-and-feminists, kids-writing, making-things, southernlit, non-fiction, young-adult, 2015-read-harder
Wow! A memoir told through poems, Brown Girl Dreaming can easily be read by middle grade to high school students in conjunction with so many units of study – autobiography, African-American Civil Rights, American geography and regional differences, urban/rural comparisons, developing artistic talent, and fostering professional ambitions. Though the poems could stand alone and be appreciated individually, the collection progresses smoothly as Woodson draws on her vivid childhood memories and summ ...more
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Liza
Feb 01, 2015 rated it really liked it
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Beautifully written, inspiring story about a girl who knew what she wanted to be and made it happen.
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Jenny
Aug 05, 2014 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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