"Brown Girl Dreaming" is about Jacqueline Woodson's birth, childhood, and early teen years. In this novel, her younger self learns about the world. Not just racism, as this takes place in the 60's and 70's, but of the beauty around her. Her family, her friend Maria, and the people in her life. 
 I wish I could say more, but all I can do is say, "READ THIS!"