Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and emotionally charged, each line a glimpse into a child’s s…
SC Cilandak ( Pink / Connecting ) Aku pusing dengan berat badanku. Tubuhku bulat berisi dan pipiku tembam. Kata orang-orang aku tidak gemuk tetapi cermin kan tidak pernah bohong. Jadi kuputuskan untuk berdiet gila-gilaan. Aku keranjingan berenang dan aerobik. Coba bayangkan!Ellie-Elephant berolahraga. Namun aku merasa diet dan olahraga saja tidak cukup. Aku butuh cara lain untuk bisa kurus …
SC Cilandak ( Pink/ Connecting ) Lonnie and his sister Lili are in foster care after the death of their parents. They live with separate families and this book is Lonnie’s letters to Lili that he writes to stay connected to her and as he says “to be the rememberer†while they are living separately.
SC Cilandak ( Ungu Tua / Proficient ) doesn't know what to make of the poem she's reading in are so many other things to think about. Each day, her friend Samantha seems a bit more "holy." There is a new boy in class everyone is calling the Jesus Boy. And although the new boy looks like a write kid, he says he's not white. Who is he? During a winter full of surprises, good and bad, Frannie…
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