And while we were waiting, I'd get a little sad when I remembered the good times and bad at Blue Hill. But I'd make something of it all ... something strong and solid. And somewhere inside that strong, solid thing, I'd find a place where smart black girls from Brooklyn could feel like they belonged.
Jacqueline Woodson
has received numerous awards for her middle-grade and young adult books, including the Coretta Scott King Award and the Los
Angeles Times
Book Prize for
Miracle's Boys,
and two Coretta Scott King Honor Awards. She was born in Ohio, grew up in Greenville, South Carolina, and now lives in Brooklyn, New York.