![]() WOODSON: I think she wants to say, I'm here, and I am my own narrative. SIMON: What does Melody want to tell her family, her mother with this entrance? So here is a girl who's 16 and having her coming-of-age ceremony, and she's being introduced to society via Prince on orchestra because, of course, her parents don't allow her to have the words to the song. And I think that the juxtaposition between that song and the ceremony that she was a part of was really interesting to me in talking about the way cultures and generations clash and what the outcome of those clashes are. WOODSON: No, and Melody is definitely not a character from a Disney princess story. And she chooses a Prince song in which to descend the stairs - not exactly a song from a Disney princess film, is it? Sixteen-year-old named Melody - it's her debut - a cotillion, I guess. SIMON: Tell us about the very opening of the story. JACQUELINE WOODSON: Thanks for having me. Jacqueline Woodson, who wrote "Another Brooklyn," a previous novel for adults, and novels for young readers that include "Brown Girl Dreaming" joins us from New York. ![]() Jacqueline Woodson's new novel is "Red At The Bone." It tells the stories of two families in Brooklyn, brought together by a fleeting love that produces an enduring child and family chronicles that weave inside the stories of history and race in America. ![]() ![]() One of the most popular authors of novels for young readers has a new novel for older readers. ![]()
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