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Newbery Medal (John Newbery Medal) じょん・にゅーべりー・めだる

Edition 94 (2015)

Children's literature awardEnglish-language children's booksAmerican literature award

Winners

3 people

The memoir in verse follows Jacqueline Woodson’s childhood between South Carolina and New York, tracing how family, place, race, and language shaped her voice.

A verse memoir about childhood in South Carolina and New York, and the gradual awakening of racial and literary self-awareness.

368 pages
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