Locomotion

Name: Locomotion
Author: Jacqueline Woodson

by Jacqueline Woodson

Young orphan expresses trauma and hope through poetry in letters to a lost friend

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Jacqueline Woodson

Jacqueline Woodson is an American author who has written award-winning books for children, young adults, and adults exploring race, identity, and belonging with lyrical precision. Brown Girl Dreaming won the National Book Award and the Newbery Honor.

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Brown Girl DreamingMemoir in verse about growing up African American in the American South and North