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Jacqueline Woodson
2014
Novel
Memoir
Brown Girl Dreaming is written in the first-person point of view. The perspective is that of the author, Jacqueline Woodson, as she narrates the events of her childhood.
Jacqueline Woodson wrote Brown Girl Dreaming in past tense; she reflects on the important events of her childhood.
The height of the civil rights movement occurred during Jacqueline Woodson's childhood, and the title Brown Girl Dreaming highlights the influence race had on her experiences. Additionally, the word "dreaming" refers to the author's dream of being a writer and making her place in the world.
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