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Jacqueline Woodson
An extraordinary new novel about the influence of history on a contemporary family, from the author of Another Brooklyn and Brown Girl Dreaming.
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An unforgettable New York Times bestseller from multi-award-winning Jacqueline Woodson, celebrating the healing that occurs when six children discover a harbour where they can express their feelings and fears.
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A new love is special and rare, but the world around Ellie and Miah doesn’t see it like that. All they see is race: Miah is black and Ellie is…
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A powerful and gripping story from multi-award-winning Jacqueline Woodson about a boy who loves his dad more than anything, and how a family can find happiness in the darkest moments.
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The compelling story of a young Black girl growing up in 1960-70s America - a multi-award winning New York Times bestseller.
Lisa M Bolt Simons
Young readers are introduced to Jacqueline Woodson, whose writings mirror her own experiences growing up.
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Julie Murray
This title will introduce readers to the life and works of Jacqueline Woodson, including Brown Girl Dreaming and Miracle’s Boys. Complete with great photographs and a timeline! Aligned to Common…
Eve Ensler
This expanded edition of the bestseller … features a diverse set of new monologues in addition to those previously included, as well as a new introduction by a leader in…
Lois Thomas Stover
As Jacqueline Woodson has taken an increasing number of risks with her themes, she has also continued to develop as an artist. This volume includes a critical analysis of how…
A New York Times bestseller by Jacqueline Woodson, winner of the National Book Award
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From the New York Times-bestselling and National Book Award-winning author of Another Brooklyn and Brown Girl Dreaming. An unexpected teenage pregnancy pulls together two families from different social classes, and…
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Hurricane Katrina took her mother and grandmother. And even though Laurel Daneau has moves on to a new life - one that includes a new best friend, a spot on…
In this continuation of Woodson’s trilogy, Margaret and Maizon are back together on Madison Street, but their friendship is different now. Margaret needs more time alone, and it’s not just…
Feni is furious when she finds out that her mother has agreed to take a 15-year-old pregnant girl into their home until her baby is born. Feni decides she will…
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
A spectacular novel that only this legend can pull off. -Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York…
Told through letters from 12-year-old Lonnie to his younger sister, this thought-provoking companion to Locomotion tackles important issues in captivating, lyrical language.
Eleven-year-old Margaret tries to accept the inevitable changes that come one summer when her father dies and her best friend Maizon goes away to a private boarding school.
Maizon takes a big step when she goes to boarding school at Blue Hill on a scholarship. There are only five black studenst there, and the other four are from…
A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2016 by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. –Title page verso.
In this Coretta Scott King Honor Book, 12-year-old Marie is African American. She befriends Lena, a white girl, because both have lost their mothers. Lena has a terrifying secret, and…
For use in schools and libraries only. In vivid poems that reflect the joy of finding her voice through writing stories, an award-winning author shares what it was like to…
Ellie, who wrestles with private demons, and Jeremiah, one of the few African-American students and their private school, meet and fall in love. When Jeremiah is shot and killed, Ellie…
These classic, award-winning novels by three-time Newbery Honor winner Jacqueline Woodson are now available with fresh new looks.
A Newbery Honor book. A lot can happen to three girls in a two-year period–especially when the rap music of Tupac Shakur is the glue holding them together.
This beautiful sequel to If You Come Softly explores the experiences of those left behind after tragedy. It is a novel in which through hope, understanding and love, healing begins.
Staggerlee is used to being alone. As the granddaughter of celebrities and the daughter of an interracial couple in an all-black town, she has become adept at isolating herself from…
In her first middle-grade novel since National Book Award winner Brown Girl Dreaming, Woodson, the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, celebrates the healing that can occur when a…
An extraordinary new novel about the influence of history on a contemporary family, from the New York Times-bestselling and National Book Award-winning author of Another Brooklyn and Brown Girl Dreaming…
Winner of the 2001 Coretta Scott King Award, in Miracle’s Boys, three young outsiders struggle to make it through when their parents die and leave them to survive on their…
ZJ’s friends Ollie, Darry and Daniel help him cope when his father, a beloved professional football player, suffers severe headaches and memory loss that spell the end of his career.
This 2002 National Book Award finalist is reissued with a new look. When Toswiah Green’s policeman father testifies against a fellow officer, the family members must change their identities and…
The acclaimed New York Times bestselling and National Book Award-winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming delivers her first adult novel in twenty years.
Through his own poetry, 11-year-old Lonnie Collins shares his heartbreak over his late parents and his love for his younger sister Lili, separated from him when they were placed in…
At the end of I Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This, Marie’s friend Lena and her little sister Dion ran away to escape their abusive father. Now, disguised as boys…
Contains seven new, original poems by the author –Page [4] of cover.
Jacqueline Woodson, one of today’s finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse.
"The summer before seventh grade, as the constant threat of housefires looms over her Brooklyn neighborhood, basketball-loving Sage is trying to figure out her place in her circle of friends…
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…
