Woodson, J. (2014). Browns Girl Dreaming.  NY: Nancy Paulsen Books The book is written to tell as story about a girl named Jacqueline “Jackie” Woodson.  Jacqueline discovers that her life of happiness and despair can be transmitted through her passion for writing.  The book is memoir that encompasses poetry to express the emotional stages of her life growing up.  The story initiates through the struggle of being separated between two places, home for her mother and home for her father.  Racism was also common and reflected through the references of white versus colored and furthermore, speeches made by Martin Luther King and Malcom X.  “It's easier to make up stories than it is to write them down. When I speak, the words come pouring out of me. The story wakes up and walks all over the room. Sits in a chair, crosses one leg over the other, says, Let me introduce myself. Then just starts going on and on.”  The simplicity of the poems, yet the affect of fluidity that easily creates a mental image of Jackie and her innocence and how she tries to find the good in every situation.  This book is an excellent book for ages 10 years and up.  Evidently, a great reference for teaching poetry, along will all of its elements: similes, metaphors, symbolism, point of view, etc.  Criteria: The style of this book was creatively written to demonstrate the life of Jacqueline transmitted through her poetry.  The vocabulary word choice was also written to be short and concise; thus showing the elements of poetry, such as the rhyme scheme.  Criteria: The story has a unique style.  The author describes the events in Jacqueline's life by using poetry.  Moreover, it also uses all the elements of poetry such as rhyme scheme to extend on the message being transmitted.