Feathers
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson is a 2007 Society & Culture book written by TED speaker Jacqueline Woodson, paired here with the talk they gave.
The pairing
- Paired talk: "What reading slowly taught me about writing" (2019), 3.2M views on TED.com
- Timing: Published 12 years before the talk.
- In the catalogue: The 8th of 10 books by Jacqueline Woodson on Books Worth Reading (1994–2018), by publication year.
- Edition: Penguin USA, Inc., 2007 · 163 pages
The paired TED talk
What reading slowly taught me about writing (2019), the TED talk by Jacqueline Woodson.
From the publisher
Nobody knows what to make of the new boy in Frannie’s class. Not only does he look different, but he’s kind to everyone, he refuses to fight, and he doesn’t even seem to mind when the other kids nickname him Jesus Boy. But as winter progresses, Frannie realizes that she’s starting to see a whole lot of things in a new light: her brother’s deafness, her mother’s fear, her friend Samantha’s faith, their classmate Trevor’s anger, and her own desire for hope—"the thing with feathers." And it’s all because of Jesus Boy’s differences . . . and his friendship.
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