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Toning the sweep / Angela Johnson. |
| Authors: | Johnson, Angela. 1961- |
| Call number: | jFIC JOH |
| Publisher: | New York : Scholastic, Inc. : Orchard Books, [1994], c1993. |
| Publication date: | [1994], c1993. |
| Subject: |
Grandmothers -- Fiction.
Family -- Fiction. Deserts -- Fiction. Cancer -- Fiction. African Americans -- Fiction. Juvenile literature. |
| Title: | Toning the sweep / Angela Johnson. |
| Physical description: | 103 p. ; 18 cm. |
| Summary note: | 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 understanding of relatives both dead and living. |
| Awards note: | (IMCPL) <U+2013> Summer Reading Program Bonus Books & Materials 2004. "Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner, 1994". |
| ISBN: | 0531086267 (lib. bdg.) : 0590481428 (pbk.) : |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|311101 |
| Bib No.: | 311101 |