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
Kwame Alexander
Winner
248 pages
Jacqueline Amanda Woodson
Nominee
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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