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Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. 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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Woodson, Jacqueline (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Puffin Books, 2016.
Series:Oak Park Multicultural Collection.
Subjects:
Woodson, Jacqueline.
Woodson, Jacqueline > Juvenile poetry.
Woodson, Jacqueline > Poetry.
1900-1999
African American women authors > Biography > Juvenile poetry.
Identity (Psychology) in children > Juvenile poetry.
Identity (Psychology) in children > Biography.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century > Juvenile poetry.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century > Biography.
Children > Books and reading > Juvenile poetry.
Children > Books and reading > Biography.
Authors, American > Poetry.
African American women authors > Poetry.
Women > Biography > Poetry.
African Americans > Biography > Poetry.
Autobiographical poetry.
African American women authors > Biography.
African Americans > Civil rights > Juvenile poetry > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Biography > 20th century.
Authors, American > Biography > 20th century.
Coretta Scott King Award.
African American women authors.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Children > Books and reading.
Identity (Psychology) in children.
Social conditions.
United States > Social conditions > 1960-1980 > Juvenile poetry.
United States > Social conditions > 1960-1980 > Biography.
United States.
Biographies.
History.
Juvenile works.
Poetry.
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Description
Summary:Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. 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.
Item Description:"Contains seven new, original poems by the author"--Page 4 of cover.
Physical Description:349 pages : illustrations, genealogical tables ; 21 cm
Audience:Ages 10 and up.
Awards:National Book Award Winner.
Newbery Honor Book.
Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner, 2015
ISBN:0147515823
9780147515827
9780606393102
0606393102
9781484496749
1484496744