Jaqueline Woodson is a great author. She is the author of several award winning books for children and young adults. I really enjoyed reading her book, Hush, and also learning about several of her other books. From the experience I learned that she many of her books confront topics such as interracial relationships, losing a best friend, a disconnect from a motherly figure, and memories. Hush was about a African American family in which the father was a cop in an all white precinct. The House You Pass on the Way also had an interracial relationship with a African American and white marriage. Losing a best friend or loved one from the past was also a theme in several; in Hush Evie was forced to leave her best friend, Lulu. Another theme in many of her books was the character finding themselves. In her books she talks about memories many times; I think that by doing this she has the character talk about the memories so that they stay memorable. Several of her books also jumped from past to present or skipped time and did not show certain parts; I liked this part of her writing because it left some wonder to the story.
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