Building+Bridges+-+Andrea+Pinkney

media type="youtube" key="Ixj8D_ffPic" height="360" width="641"Building Bridges Building Bridges - Andrea Pinkney x **Now read a bit more about Pinkney.** Andrea Davis Pinkney has been inspired by real people in addition to TV characters. These include African American writers, musicians, artist and even cowboys. She treasure the advice given by writer Zora Neale Hurston //to aim high in life-to jump at the sun//. In her fiction, Pinkney often shows teenagers who struggle to find their true selves and to fulfill their dreams. **Discuss the Authors Purpose: ** *--Why do you think the author is so interested in writing about teenagers struggles? *--How does the advice //to aim high in life-to jump at the sun// relate to the authors life and writing? *--What might you learn by reading a story about a disagreement between a teenager and an adult? [|Pinkney - an interview] **Below are some of the books Pinkney has written with her husband Brian Pinkney. ** *---What might have been her purpose for writing these?