Brown Girl Dreaming by Jaqueline Woodson

A narrative collection of poems that tells Jaqueline Woodson’s experience growing up during the 1960s and 1970s. Unlike many, Jaqueline has the opportunity to experience this time in America through time in Ohio, South Carolina, and New York. These different places all lent heavily to her childhood, and in this engaging work she is able to expose us to those experiences as well.