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Two families from different social classes are joined together by an unexpected pregnancy and the child that it produces. Moving forward and backward in time, with the power of poetry and the emotional richness of a narrative ten times its length, Jacqueline Woodson's extraordinary novel uncovers th...

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Main Author: Woodson, Jacqueline (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC, 2019.
Subjects:
Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
African American women > Fiction.
African American families > Fiction.
Social classes > Fiction.
Unplanned pregnancy > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
African Americans > Fiction.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Coming-of-age fiction.
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Summary:Two families from different social classes are joined together by an unexpected pregnancy and the child that it produces. Moving forward and backward in time, with the power of poetry and the emotional richness of a narrative ten times its length, Jacqueline Woodson's extraordinary novel uncovers the role that history and community have played in the experiences, decisions, and relationships of these families, and in the life of this child.
Physical Description:196 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:9780525535270
0525535276
Author Notes:Jacqueline Woodson was born in Columbus, Ohio on February 12, 1963. She received a B.A. in English from Adelphi University in 1985. Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked as a drama therapist for runaways and homeless children in New York City. Her books include The House You Pass on the Way, I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This, Lena, and The Day You Begin. She won the Coretta Scott King Award in 2001 for Miracle's Boys. After Tupac and D Foster, Feathers, and Show Way won Newbery Honors. Brown Girl Dreaming won the E. B. White Read-Aloud Award in 2015. Her other awards include the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. She was also selected as the Young People's Poet Laureate in 2015 by the Poetry Foundation.

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