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Brown Girl Dreaming

Brown Girl Dreaming Hardcover - 2014

by Jacqueline Woodson

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Penguin Young Readers Group, 2014. Hardcover. Very Good. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title Brown Girl Dreaming
  • Author Jacqueline Woodson
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Young Readers Group, New York, NY
  • Date 2014
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0399252517I4N10
  • ISBN 9780399252518 / 0399252517
  • Weight 1.04 lbs (0.47 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.75 x 5.89 x 1.2 in (22.23 x 14.96 x 3.05 cm)
  • Ages 10 to 13 years
  • Grade levels 5 - 8
  • Reading level 990
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1960's
    • Chronological Period: 1970's
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress subjects Women, African Americans
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014021346
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Booklist, 08/01/2014, Page 60
  • Booklist Ed Choice Youth, 01/01/2015, Page 15
  • BookPage, 09/01/2014, Page 0
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 09/01/2014, Page 73
  • Horn Book Magazine, 09/01/2014, Page 126
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2015, Page 0
  • Kirkus Best Middle Grade Books, 11/15/2014, Page 96
  • Kirkus Reviews, 07/15/2014, Page 0
  • New York Times Book Review, 08/24/2014, Page 14
  • NY Times Notable Bks of Year, 12/07/2014, Page 35
  • People Weekly, 08/31/2014, Page 22
  • Publishers Weekly, 05/26/2014, Page 0
  • PW Best Children's Books, 11/03/2014, Page 44
  • PW Children's Starred Reviews, 12/01/2014, Page 80
  • School Library Journal, 07/01/2014, Page 126
  • Shelf Awareness, 09/05/2014, Page 0
  • SLJ's Best Books, 12/01/2014, Page 28
  • Voice of Youth Advocates, 10/01/2014, Page 0

About the author

Jacqueline Woodson (www.jacquelinewoodson.com) is the recipient of a 2023 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, a 2020 MacArthur Fellowship, the 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Award, the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, and the 2018 Children's Literature Legacy Award. She was the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, and in 2015, she was named the Young People's Poet Laureate by the Poetry Foundation. She received the 2014 National Book Award for her New York Times bestselling memoir Brown Girl Dreaming, which was also a recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award, a Newbery Honor, the NAACP Image Award, and a Sibert Honor. She wrote the adult books Red at the Bone, a New York Times bestseller, and Another Brooklyn, a 2016 National Book Award finalist. Born in Columbus, Ohio, Jacqueline grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, and Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from college with a B.A. in English. She is the author of dozens of award-winning books for young adults, middle graders, and children; among her many accolades, she is a four-time Newbery Honor winner, a four-time National Book Award finalist, and a three-time Coretta Scott King Award winner. Her books include Coretta Scott King Award winner Before the Ever After; New York Times bestsellers The Day You Begin and Harbor Me; The Other Side, Each Kindness, Caldecott Honor book Coming On Home Soon; Newbery Honor winners Feathers, Show Way, and After Tupac and D Foster; and Miracle's Boys, which received the LA Times Book Prize and the Coretta Scott King Award. Jacqueline is also a recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement for her contributions to young adult literature and a two-time winner of the Jane Addams Children's Book Award. She lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York.

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