Brown Girl Dreaming Response
Brown girl dreaming is a beautiful novel written in verse, and for that reason is a fun and quick read. The story Jacqueline tells is important as it explores a realistic portrayal of a colored girl during the civil rights movement. Due to the style in which it is written, it makes for an easier read than some of the more heavy and challenging material that are based off similar concepts. The author does a fantastic job at accurately depicting her memory and circumstances of what happened with her and her childhood without ever making the reader feel overwhelmed by it. She also writes clearly that makes it easy to understand.
This is a novel that that I would have no trouble sharing in a middle level or high school classroom. I feel like it touches on a lot of wider topics such as diversity and inclusivity in a way that is approachable to younger audiences to make sense of. In addition to this, the verse style of writing makes it a much quicker and fun read which helps to reach out to a lot of reluctant readers in the classroom. I also feel like Woodson made a conscious effort to try and write through the lens of her adolescent self and vernacular. This makes the novel more relatable and accessible to middle school students who perhaps tend to get easily confused in the traditional readings of the classroom. Overall, I feel it is a book well written and should be encouraged to be taught throughout schools nationwide.
This is a novel that that I would have no trouble sharing in a middle level or high school classroom. I feel like it touches on a lot of wider topics such as diversity and inclusivity in a way that is approachable to younger audiences to make sense of. In addition to this, the verse style of writing makes it a much quicker and fun read which helps to reach out to a lot of reluctant readers in the classroom. I also feel like Woodson made a conscious effort to try and write through the lens of her adolescent self and vernacular. This makes the novel more relatable and accessible to middle school students who perhaps tend to get easily confused in the traditional readings of the classroom. Overall, I feel it is a book well written and should be encouraged to be taught throughout schools nationwide.
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