Book Review: Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

I liked reading this book a lot. It's won several awards for children's literature.  It's the life story of the author told in short free verse poems. Her life growing up was a lot different than mine even though we are from the same generation.  She taught me a lot through the vignettes of her childhood.  We see much of the civil rights story told through her life. I especially liked the pictures she included at the back of the book -- I felt as though I knew every one of her family members.  I was sorry to see this book come to an end.