Woodson, J. (2014). Brown girl dreaming. Jacqueline is the youngest of three children of Jack Woodson and Mary Ann Irby. Jacqueline based her book on her childhood during the 1960s-1970s. She grew up during the civil rights movement both in the south as in the north. She was born in Ohio and lived there until her parents got a divorce and she moved with her mother to South Carolina to live with their grandparents. Jacqueline was very close to her grandfather whom she called daddy and took it really hard when they had to move again to New York with their mother. By now her mother Mary Ann is pregnant of their youngest brother Roman whom was conceived in New York city while her mother was away trying to find a place for them to live in. Jacqueline and her siblings were raised Jehovah Witnesses by their maternal grandmother, so they didn't celebrate any holidays and didn't recite the pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States. She wasn't as smart as her older sister but that didn't stop her from dreaming of becoming a writer. A strength I found in the book was how she didn't give up on her dream. She ended the book by writing that you yourself decide what each world, each story, and each ending will finally be. Other books by Woodson are Locomotion, Between Madison and Palmetto, and Maizon at Blue Hill to name a few. Books that are similar to this one are How I Discovered Poetry by Marilyn Nelson and Separate is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh. I learned that you shouldn't let anything stop you from achieving your dreams. No matter where you come from, what religion you are, how smart you are, or what race you are you can always reach your goals in life.