Woodson writes of her brothers and sister, her grandparents, her aunts and uncle, her mother and her father, who has not been a part of the family since she was very young. Life in the North, in New York City, brings Woodson experiences of diversity, including a Puerto Rican best friend, Maria. Her time in Greenville, SC, brings her face-to-face with the civil rights movement and life in the post-Jim Crow south. Vivo says to her, “You’re a writer.” Although she was born in Ohio, Woodson didn’t spend much time there, but rather her life was punctuated by years, and later summers, in South Carolina with her grandparents and life in New York City. Woodson starts from her birth and traces her family and life up through fifth grade, when her teacher Ms.
Later, she uses her voice to reach out to others and to speak for the underrepresented.
However, it is so much more than this-it is the record of how a young girl discovers her voice through writing and grows to become a beloved author for children and young adults. (Nancy Paulsen Books, 2014)īrown Girl Dreaming is Woodson’s memoir in verse of her early life.
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