Nancy Paulsen Books.
A memoir by Jacqueline Woodson that tells of her childhood as an African American in Ohio, South Carolina, and New York in the 1960s and 1970s. She recalls that the country was caught in civil unrest with Malcolm X taking about revolution and Martin Luther King marching toward change. Jackie grew up with a knowledge of her family's heritage.
This is a great book for anyone wanting to know what being an African American and being raised in the North and the South was like - the vast differences between the two. I fell this would be good for 10-14 year olds. It would also appeal to those interested in the Civil Rights movement.
Woodson chooses to use free verse as the style for her book. The words flow so wonderfully and it covers a vast array of topics from religion, absentee parents, incarceration, death, to civil rights. The harmony the verses are written in will keep you hooked on the book.
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