Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson

Post date: Oct 19 2018

As a young girl in 1973, August moves from rural Tennessee to Brooklyn, NY with her father and younger brother. Her mother has just died and her father grew up in Brooklyn. Their life in Brooklyn is much different than in Tennessee. At first they are not allowed to go out. Their father keeps them sheltered. Looking out their apartment window, August always notices three young girls who hang around each other. Eventually, August and her brother become part of the community, and she becomes best friends with the three girls. August describes the good and the bad things that happen to them as they grow up and how their friendships and community changes.