Jacqueline Woodson
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2019. | Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC | 196 pages ; 22 cm. | English | On Shelf
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"Two families from different social classes are joined together by an unexpected pregnancy and the child that it produces. As the book opens in 2001, it is the evening of sixteen-year-old Melody's coming of age ceremony in her grandparents' Brooklyn brownstone. Watched lovingly by her relatives and friends, making her entrance to the music of Prince, she wears a special custom-made dress. But the event is not without poignancy. Sixteen years earlier,...
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[2016]. | First edition. | Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers | 175 pages ; 22 cm. | English | On Shelf
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For August, running into a long-ago friend sets in motion resonant memories and transports her to a time and a place she thought she had mislaid: 1970s Brooklyn, where friendship was everything. August, Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi shared confidences as they ambled their neighborhood streets, a place where the girls believed that they were amazingly beautiful, brilliantly talented, with a future that belonged to them. But beneath the hopeful promise there...
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c2012 | Nancy Paulsen Books | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm. | English | On Shelf
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When Ms. Albert teaches a lesson on kindness, Chloe realizes that she and her friends have been wrong in making fun of new student Maya's shabby clothes and refusing to play with her.
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[2014]. | Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) | 336 pages : illustrations, portraits, genealogical tables ; 22 cm. | English | On Shelf
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"Jacqueline Woodson, one of today's finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. 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. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and...
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Two girls, one white and one black, gradually get to know each other as they sit on the fence that divides their town.
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[2018] | Nancy Paulsen Books | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm. | English |
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Other students laugh when Rigoberto, an immigrant from Venezuela, introduces himself but later, he meets Angelina and discovers that he is not the only one who feels like an outsider.
7) Show way
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c2005 | G. P. Putnam's Sons | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm. | English | On Shelf
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The making of "Show ways," or quilts which once served as secret maps for freedom-seeking slaves, is a tradition passed from mother to daughter in the author's family.
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[2013] | Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc | 30 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm. | English | On Shelf
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A rope passed down through the generations frames an African American family's story as they journey north during the time of the Great Migration.
9) Harbor me
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[2018] | Nancy Paulsen Books | 176 pages ; 22 cm | English | On Shelf
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"When six students are chosen to participate in a weekly talk with no adults allowed, they discover that when they're together, it's safe to share the hopes and fears they have to hide from the rest of the world"--
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2018. | First Spanish language edition. | Nancy Paulsen Books | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm. | Español | On Shelf
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Other students laugh when Rigoberto, an immigrant from Venezuela, introduces himself but later, he meets Angelina and discovers that he is not the only one who feels like an outsider.
Habrá veces en que entres a un lugary no veas a nadie como tú. Hay muchas razones por las que uno se puede sentir diferente. Quizá sea por tu apariencia o por la forma en que hablas o de dónde vienes. A lo mejor es por lo que comes o por algún motivo similar. Sea...
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c2008 | G. P. Putnam's Sons | 153 p. ; 22 cm. | English | On Shelf
La Farge Young Adult Fiction Woodson, J |
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p2009 | Brilliance Audio | 3 sound discs (3 hr., 13 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. | English | On Shelf
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In the New York City borough of Queens in 1996, three girls bond over their shared love of Tupac Shakur's music, as together they try to make sense of the unpredictable world in which they live.
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c2004 | Putnam's | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm. | English | On Shelf
Southside Childrens Picture Book Fiction Woodson, J |
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After Mama takes a job in Chicago during World War II, Ada Ruth stays with Grandma but misses her mother who loves her more than rain and snow.
13) Feathers
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2007 | G.P. Putnam's Sons | 118 p. ; 22 cm. | English | On Shelf
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When a new, white student nicknamed "The Jesus Boy" joins her sixth grade class in the winter of 1971, Frannie's growing friendship with him makes her start to see some things in a new light.
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c2009 | G.P. Putnam's Sons | 134 p. ; 22 cm. | English | On Shelf
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Through letters to his little sister, who is living in a different foster home, sixth-grader Lonnie, also known as "Locomotion," keeps a record of their lives while they are apart, describing his own foster family, including his foster brother who returns home after losing a leg in the Iraq War.
15) Pecan pie baby
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c2010 | G.P. Putnam's Sons | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm. | English |
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When Mama's pregnancy draws attention away from Gia, she worries that the special bond they share will disappear forever once the baby is born.
16) Hush
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2002 | Putnam's | 181 p. ; 22 cm. | English | On Shelf
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Twelve-year-old Toswiah finds her life changed when her family enters the witness protection program.
17) The Distance
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CJ just blew the half-mile relay for his track team, but the race on his mind is the one that's happening off the field in this short story from all-star author Jacqueline Woodson. This short story from the collection Guys Read: The Sports Pages is a winner.
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c2012 | Nancy Paulsen Books | xvii, 182 p. ; 22 cm. | English | On Shelf
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"A young girl uses crystal meth to escape the pain of losing her mother and grandmother in Hurricane Katrina, and then struggles to get over her addiction"--
19) Locomotion
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c2003 | G.P. Putnam's Sons | 100 p. ; 22 cm. | English | On Shelf
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In a series of poems, eleven-year-old Lonnie writes about his life, after the death of his parents, separated from his younger sister, living in a foster home, and finding his poetic voice at school.
20) Show Way
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Quilt making has been passed down through eight generations of Soonie's family. Messages were carefully stitched into each quilt, called a Show Way, mapping the family's journey from slavery to the present day. Includes an interview with Jacqueline Woodson.
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