Pub Date: June 1, 2003
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2002036512
Lexile Code: 0790
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: 12 to 17
Physical Info: 0.67" H x 7.90" L x 4.74" W ( 0.41 lbs) 144 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Family | New Baby | Social Themes | Adolescence and Coming of Age
Series: Michael L. Printz Award - Winner
Description: With powerful language and keen insight, Johnson tells the story of a teen father's struggle to figure out what "the right thing" is and then to do it.
Brief description: Angela Johnson has won three Coretta Scott King Awards, one each for her novels The First Part Last, Heaven, and Toning the Sweep. The First Part Last was also the recipient of the Michael L. Printz Award. She is also the author of the novels Looking for Red and A Certain October. Her books for younger readers include the Coretta Scott King Honor Book When I Am Old with You, illustrated by David Soman; Wind Flyers and I Dream of Trains, both illustrated by Loren Long; and Lottie Paris Lives Here and its sequel Lottie Paris and the Best Place, both illustrated by Scott M. Fischer. Additional picture books include A Sweet Smell of Roses, Just Like Josh Gibson, The Day Ray Got Away, and All Different Now. In recognition of her outstanding talent, Angela was named a 2003 MacArthur Fellow. She lives in Kent, Ohio. Visit her at AJohnsonAuthor.com.
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