Brown Girl Dreaming is a lovely, beautiful, eloquent, eye-opening, heart-opening memoir. I hope that
Jacqueline Woodson will do as
Roald Dahl and
Gary Paulsen have done and continue on with autobiographical works. There are many, many reasons why I hope that she does this. In no particular order: anything and everything she writes is beautiful. She has an unique story to tell. Woodson is one of the most important writers of our time. We can all learn about history through her rich experiences. BGD is Woodson's story of growing up in
Columbus, where she was born,
Greenville, South Carolina and
Bushwick. It is written beautifully in a free verse that is like music. Her words make her feelings come alive in a way that a very, very few writers can do. With every book Woodson proves that she is one of the greats.
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