Excerpts from Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

Today I'll read some excerpts from Jacqueline Woodson's Brown Girl Dreaming, which is a fascinating memoir because it's actually written in verse. That means it's structured more like poetry, which is rare for a memoir. Brown Girl Dreaming is a beautiful, poetic book, and if you like these excerpts, I encourage you to read the whole book. Since it's important to look at the structure of this memoir-in-verse, I recommend that you follow along here as I read to you today.