by Jacqueline Woodson · Amistad · tapa dura · ISBN 9780062359988
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«Another Brooklyn» is Jacqueline Woodson's mature novel, published by Amistad in hardcover (175 pages, in English).
Reuniting with an old friend, August evokes her childhood in 1970s Brooklyn. With Sylvia, Angela and Gigi she shared confidences and the certainty of a promising future, though the neighborhood also hid dangers and losses. The novel traces the passage from childhood to adulthood and the weight of memory and friendship.
The cover states that it was a finalist for the National Book Award and that it is included among The New York Times Book Review's 100 notable books of 2016.
A suitable read for those who enjoy coming-of-age novels, female friendship and urban life.
Jacqueline Amanda Woodson is an American writer of books for children and young adolescents. She is best known for Miracle's Boys, and her Newbery Honor-winning titles Brown Girl Dreaming, After Tupac and D Foster, Feathers, and Show Way. After serving as the Young People's Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2017, she was named the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, by the Library of Congress, for 2018 to 2019. Her novel Another Brooklyn was shortlisted for the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction. She accepted the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2018 and the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2020. She was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2020.
