![]() ![]() Her love of stories inspired her and stayed with her, creating the first sparks of the gifted writer she was to become. Woodsons eloquent poetry also reflects the joy of finding her voice through writing stories, despite the fact that she struggled with reading as a child. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and emotionally charged, each line a glimpse into a childs soul as she searches for her place in the world. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. National Book Award Winner Jacqueline Woodson, one of today's finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. ![]() Another absolute masterpiece by one of our greatest writers. ![]() Jackie’s quality of writing never surprises me, the way she seems to top herself with each successive book always does. ![]()
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