Brown girl dreaming by Woodson, Jacqueline 

BTSB Prebound(Nancy Paulsen, 2014)

BTSB #: 964784 Available

Dewey: 811/BAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.3 MG RC: 8.4 6-8 Lexile: 990

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Subjects: Woodson, Jacqueline - Poetry American authors African American women authors

Summary: The author shares her childhood memories and reveals the first sparks that ignited her writing career in free-verse poems about growing up in the North and South.

Sharon Draper : author [Junior biographies]by Shea, Therese 

BTSB Prebound(Enslow, 2017)

BTSB #: 809207 Available

Dewey: 813/BAges: 7-10   
AR: 5.1 MG

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Subjects: Draper, Sharon M.|q(Sharon Mills) African American women authors

Summary: A biography of Sharon Draper, a celebrated educator and author who has touched the lives of millions of young people around the world.

Who was Maya Angelou? [Who was--? (Grosset & Dunlap, Penguin Workshop)]by Labrecque, Ellen 

BTSB Prebound(Grosset & Dunlap, 2016)

BTSB #: 536429 Available

Dewey: 818/BAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.8 MG RC: 6.2 3-5 Lexile: 900

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Subjects: Angelou, Maya African American women authors African American women civil rights workers American authors|y20th century - Biography

Summary: Born in Missouri in 1928, Maya Angelou had a difficult childhood. Angelou was able to lift herself out of her situation and flourish.