Jacqueline Woodson's new middle-grade novel celebrates the healing that occurs when six students share their stories in a weekly meeting without adults. The students open up about issues like Esteban's father's deportation and Amari's fears of racial profiling. Meeting in the room they call the ARTT Room allows them to express feelings they hide from others and build courage together.
3. Jacqueline Woodson's first middle-grade novel since National Book Award
winner Brown Girl Dreaming celebrates the healing that can occur when a group
of students share their stories.It all starts when six kids have to meet for a
weekly chat—by themselves, with no adults to listen in. There, in the room they
soon dub the ARTT Room (short for "A Room to Talk"), they discover it's safe
to talk about what's bothering them—everything from Esteban's father's
deportation and Haley's father's incarceration to Amari's fears of racial
profiling and Ashton's adjustment to his changing family fortunes. When the six
are together, they can express the feelings and fears they have to hide from
the rest of the world. And together, they can grow braver and more ready for
the rest of their lives.Cast of Narrators:N’Jameh Camara, as HaleyJose
Carrera, as TiagoDean Flanagan, as AshtonAngel Romero, as EstebanToshi
Widoff-Woodson, as HollyMikelle Wright-Matos, as Amariand also featuring the
author, Jacqueline Woodson, as Ms. Laverne
8. Jacqueline Woodson's first middle-grade novel since National Book Award
winner Brown Girl Dreaming celebrates the healing that can occur when a group
of students share their stories.It all starts when six kids have to meet for a
weekly chat—by themselves, with no adults to listen in. There, in the room they
soon dub the ARTT Room (short for "A Room to Talk"), they discover it's safe
to talk about what's bothering them—everything from Esteban's father's
deportation and Haley's father's incarceration to Amari's fears of racial
profiling and Ashton's adjustment to his changing family fortunes. When the six
are together, they can express the feelings and fears they have to hide from
the rest of the world. And together, they can grow braver and more ready for
the rest of their lives.Cast of Narrators:N’Jameh Camara, as HaleyJose
Carrera, as TiagoDean Flanagan, as AshtonAngel Romero, as EstebanToshi
Widoff-Woodson, as HollyMikelle Wright-Matos, as Amariand also featuring the
author, Jacqueline Woodson, as Ms. Laverne
13. Jacqueline Woodson's first middle-grade novel since National Book Award
winner Brown Girl Dreaming celebrates the healing that can occur when a group
of students share their stories.It all starts when six kids have to meet for a
weekly chat—by themselves, with no adults to listen in. There, in the room they
soon dub the ARTT Room (short for "A Room to Talk"), they discover it's safe
to talk about what's bothering them—everything from Esteban's father's
deportation and Haley's father's incarceration to Amari's fears of racial
profiling and Ashton's adjustment to his changing family fortunes. When the six
are together, they can express the feelings and fears they have to hide from
the rest of the world. And together, they can grow braver and more ready for
the rest of their lives.Cast of Narrators:N’Jameh Camara, as HaleyJose
Carrera, as TiagoDean Flanagan, as AshtonAngel Romero, as EstebanToshi
Widoff-Woodson, as HollyMikelle Wright-Matos, as Amariand also featuring the
author, Jacqueline Woodson, as Ms. Laverne
18. Jacqueline Woodson's first middle-grade novel since National Book Award
winner Brown Girl Dreaming celebrates the healing that can occur when a group
of students share their stories.It all starts when six kids have to meet for a
weekly chat—by themselves, with no adults to listen in. There, in the room they
soon dub the ARTT Room (short for "A Room to Talk"), they discover it's safe
to talk about what's bothering them—everything from Esteban's father's
deportation and Haley's father's incarceration to Amari's fears of racial
profiling and Ashton's adjustment to his changing family fortunes. When the six
are together, they can express the feelings and fears they have to hide from
the rest of the world. And together, they can grow braver and more ready for
the rest of their lives.Cast of Narrators:N’Jameh Camara, as HaleyJose
Carrera, as TiagoDean Flanagan, as AshtonAngel Romero, as EstebanToshi
Widoff-Woodson, as HollyMikelle Wright-Matos, as Amariand also featuring the
author, Jacqueline Woodson, as Ms. Laverne
23. Jacqueline Woodson's first middle-grade novel since National Book Award
winner Brown Girl Dreaming celebrates the healing that can occur when a group
of students share their stories.It all starts when six kids have to meet for a
weekly chat—by themselves, with no adults to listen in. There, in the room they
soon dub the ARTT Room (short for "A Room to Talk"), they discover it's safe
to talk about what's bothering them—everything from Esteban's father's
deportation and Haley's father's incarceration to Amari's fears of racial
profiling and Ashton's adjustment to his changing family fortunes. When the six
are together, they can express the feelings and fears they have to hide from
the rest of the world. And together, they can grow braver and more ready for
the rest of their lives.Cast of Narrators:N’Jameh Camara, as HaleyJose
Carrera, as TiagoDean Flanagan, as AshtonAngel Romero, as EstebanToshi
Widoff-Woodson, as HollyMikelle Wright-Matos, as Amariand also featuring the
author, Jacqueline Woodson, as Ms. Laverne
28. Jacqueline Woodson's first middle-grade novel since National Book Award
winner Brown Girl Dreaming celebrates the healing that can occur when a group
of students share their stories.It all starts when six kids have to meet for a
weekly chat—by themselves, with no adults to listen in. There, in the room they
soon dub the ARTT Room (short for "A Room to Talk"), they discover it's safe
to talk about what's bothering them—everything from Esteban's father's
deportation and Haley's father's incarceration to Amari's fears of racial
profiling and Ashton's adjustment to his changing family fortunes. When the six
are together, they can express the feelings and fears they have to hide from
the rest of the world. And together, they can grow braver and more ready for
the rest of their lives.Cast of Narrators:N’Jameh Camara, as HaleyJose
Carrera, as TiagoDean Flanagan, as AshtonAngel Romero, as EstebanToshi
Widoff-Woodson, as HollyMikelle Wright-Matos, as Amariand also featuring the
author, Jacqueline Woodson, as Ms. Laverne
33. Jacqueline Woodson's first middle-grade novel since National Book Award
winner Brown Girl Dreaming celebrates the healing that can occur when a group
of students share their stories.It all starts when six kids have to meet for a
weekly chat—by themselves, with no adults to listen in. There, in the room they
soon dub the ARTT Room (short for "A Room to Talk"), they discover it's safe
to talk about what's bothering them—everything from Esteban's father's
deportation and Haley's father's incarceration to Amari's fears of racial
profiling and Ashton's adjustment to his changing family fortunes. When the six
are together, they can express the feelings and fears they have to hide from
the rest of the world. And together, they can grow braver and more ready for
the rest of their lives.Cast of Narrators:N’Jameh Camara, as HaleyJose
Carrera, as TiagoDean Flanagan, as AshtonAngel Romero, as EstebanToshi
Widoff-Woodson, as HollyMikelle Wright-Matos, as Amariand also featuring the
author, Jacqueline Woodson, as Ms. Laverne
38. Jacqueline Woodson's first middle-grade novel since National Book Award
winner Brown Girl Dreaming celebrates the healing that can occur when a group
of students share their stories.It all starts when six kids have to meet for a
weekly chat—by themselves, with no adults to listen in. There, in the room they
soon dub the ARTT Room (short for "A Room to Talk"), they discover it's safe
to talk about what's bothering them—everything from Esteban's father's
deportation and Haley's father's incarceration to Amari's fears of racial
profiling and Ashton's adjustment to his changing family fortunes. When the six
are together, they can express the feelings and fears they have to hide from
the rest of the world. And together, they can grow braver and more ready for
the rest of their lives.Cast of Narrators:N’Jameh Camara, as HaleyJose
Carrera, as TiagoDean Flanagan, as AshtonAngel Romero, as EstebanToshi
Widoff-Woodson, as HollyMikelle Wright-Matos, as Amariand also featuring the
author, Jacqueline Woodson, as Ms. Laverne
43. Jacqueline Woodson's first middle-grade novel since National Book Award
winner Brown Girl Dreaming celebrates the healing that can occur when a group
of students share their stories.It all starts when six kids have to meet for a
weekly chat—by themselves, with no adults to listen in. There, in the room they
soon dub the ARTT Room (short for "A Room to Talk"), they discover it's safe
to talk about what's bothering them—everything from Esteban's father's
deportation and Haley's father's incarceration to Amari's fears of racial
profiling and Ashton's adjustment to his changing family fortunes. When the six
are together, they can express the feelings and fears they have to hide from
the rest of the world. And together, they can grow braver and more ready for
the rest of their lives.Cast of Narrators:N’Jameh Camara, as HaleyJose
Carrera, as TiagoDean Flanagan, as AshtonAngel Romero, as EstebanToshi
Widoff-Woodson, as HollyMikelle Wright-Matos, as Amariand also featuring the
author, Jacqueline Woodson, as Ms. Laverne
48. Jacqueline Woodson's first middle-grade novel since National Book Award
winner Brown Girl Dreaming celebrates the healing that can occur when a group
of students share their stories.It all starts when six kids have to meet for a
weekly chat—by themselves, with no adults to listen in. There, in the room they
soon dub the ARTT Room (short for "A Room to Talk"), they discover it's safe
to talk about what's bothering them—everything from Esteban's father's
deportation and Haley's father's incarceration to Amari's fears of racial
profiling and Ashton's adjustment to his changing family fortunes. When the six
are together, they can express the feelings and fears they have to hide from
the rest of the world. And together, they can grow braver and more ready for
the rest of their lives.Cast of Narrators:N’Jameh Camara, as HaleyJose
Carrera, as TiagoDean Flanagan, as AshtonAngel Romero, as EstebanToshi
Widoff-Woodson, as HollyMikelle Wright-Matos, as Amariand also featuring the
author, Jacqueline Woodson, as Ms. Laverne
53. Jacqueline Woodson's first middle-grade novel since National Book Award
winner Brown Girl Dreaming celebrates the healing that can occur when a group
of students share their stories.It all starts when six kids have to meet for a
weekly chat—by themselves, with no adults to listen in. There, in the room they
soon dub the ARTT Room (short for "A Room to Talk"), they discover it's safe
to talk about what's bothering them—everything from Esteban's father's
deportation and Haley's father's incarceration to Amari's fears of racial
profiling and Ashton's adjustment to his changing family fortunes. When the six
are together, they can express the feelings and fears they have to hide from
the rest of the world. And together, they can grow braver and more ready for
the rest of their lives.Cast of Narrators:N’Jameh Camara, as HaleyJose
Carrera, as TiagoDean Flanagan, as AshtonAngel Romero, as EstebanToshi
Widoff-Woodson, as HollyMikelle Wright-Matos, as Amariand also featuring the
author, Jacqueline Woodson, as Ms. Laverne