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May 12, 2018_Mirelda_ rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Beautiful. I listened on audio, read by the author, and her voice brought the poetry of her words to life. Woodson's story of growing up on the cusp of the Civil Rights movement is told as a series of vignettes, rather than a linear narrative. Our young narrator goes from Ohio, to South Carolina, then to Brooklyn, sharing her observations of family, loss, and navigating a world where she has to sit at the back of the bus when she goes home to visit her grandparents. Along the way she grows into herself, finds the power of words and story telling, and keeps on dreaming of who she can become.