This Newberry Honor and Coretta Scott King Award winning memoir is the story of author Jacqueline Woodson’s own childhood, growing up in South Carolina and Brooklyn in the 1960s and 70s. Told in free verse, close attention is paid to both the minute details and character-shaping events that make up a childhood. The Civil Rights Movement lays the backdrop for Woodson’s tale of how family, religion, and school shaped her idea of home and sense of personal identity. Highly recommended for middle grade fans of free verse and realistic fiction. --Anne Lotito-Schuh
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