Library:ADCLP/Toning the Sweep
Toning the Sweep / Angela Johnson.
Summary
Emily and her mother go to Grandmama Ola's in the desert to help her pack and move back to Cleveland with them as she has been diagnosed with cancer. While packing Emily discovers why her mother carries such emotional pain (she discovered the murdered body of her father when she was 14), and that there are complexities and depths to her grandmother's life that she has never guessed at. Through the chance to videotape her grandmother's friends Emily learns about the emotional ties that bind people to the living and the dead.
Keywords
African Americans, Cancer, Deserts, Family life, Fiction, Grandmothers
Reading Levels
Ages 12 - 15 / Grades 7 - 9
Awards
- ALA Notable Books for Children and Young Adults, 1990
- School Library Journal Best Books for Children and Young Adults, 1992
- Coretta Scott King Author Award, 1994
Publication History
- New York : Orchard Books, 1993. 103. ISBN 0531086267 (lib. bdg.) 0531054764
References
Categories:
- ADCLP Works from 1993
- ADCLP Angela Johnson
- ADCLP ALA Notable Books for Children and Young Adults
- ADCLP School Library Journal Best Books for Children and Young Adults
- ADCLP Coretta Scott King Author Award
- ADCLP Age 12
- ADCLP Age 13
- ADCLP Age 14
- ADCLP Age 15
- ADCLP Grade 7
- ADCLP Grade 8
- ADCLP Grade 9
- ADCLP Works in English