Books like Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson
When Berrick reconnects with an old friend, August Bowen is transported back to the neighborhoods of 1970s Brooklyn, where friendship was the center of life. Alongside Sylvia, Angela, and Gigi, she recalls the hopeful moments of adolescence—believing themselves to be beautiful and talented, full of promise—and the shadowy truths that lay beneath: sexual exploitation, missing mothers, and the social upheavals of the era. Woodson’s narrative explores how childhood innocence confronts the harsh realities of adulthood, illuminating the formative years of African-American girls in an urban setting.
First publish date: 2016
Genre: Coming of Age/Childhood Coming of Age
Authors: Jacqueline Woodson
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