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Brown Girl Dreaming
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October 1, 2018
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October 31, 2018
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October's theme/topic is Autobiography/biography.

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson…more

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Susan Bazzett-Griffith
A really beautiful and uniquely written memoir- presented both as a YA book, an autobiography, and poetry all wrapped into one semi-linear story, I really enjoyed Woodson's Brown Girl Dreaming. The only reason I'm not giving it a five star review is that I felt like the verse itself was weak in its diction quite a bit- that may have been intentional, as it is written as a children's book, but the poetry is so narrative and straightforward that oftentimes, imagery is lost/ what I love best about ...more
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