Jacqueline Woodson is the 2014 National Book Award Winner for her New York Times bestselling memoir BROWN GIRL DREAMING, which was also a recipient of the Coretta Scott King Award, a Newbery Honor Award, the NAACP Image Award and the Sibert Honor Award. She is a 2016 National Book Award finalist for her novel ANOTHER BROOKLYN.
"For a long time, my mother wasn’t dead yet. Mine could have been a more tragic story."
"Come back to the classroom, my pretty brown girl / I fear you’re halfway around the world."
"Come back to the classroom, my pretty brown girl / I fear you’re halfway around the world."
"For a long time, my mother wasn’t dead yet. Mine could have been a more tragic story."