Angela Johnson Books
Toning the sweep
On a visit to her grandmother Ola, who is dying of cancer in her house in the desert, fourteen-year-old Emmie hears many stories about the past and her family history and comes to a better understa...
Read MoreThe leaving morning
On the leaving morning, a child watches for the moving men, has a cup of cocoa in the deli across the street, and leaves lip marks on the window of the apartment before departing for the new home.
Read MoreThose building men
Recalls the unheralded men whose labors served to build the canals, roads, railroads, bridges, and towering buildings of the United States.
Read MoreHumming whispers
Sophy fears that she will become like her older sister Nicole who has schizophrenia.
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