Toning the Sweep by Angela Johnson
	List Price:   $6.99 Unit Price:   $5.59 You Save:   $1.40 (20%) ISBN-10:   0590481428 ISBN-13:   9780590481427 Publisher:   Scholastic Inc; Scholastic Paperbacks Category:   Middle School Pub. Date:   February 2003 Pages:   112 Format:   Paperback; Mass Market paperback
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION
Description/Notes
This novel captures the innocence, vulnerability, & love of human interaction, as well as the melancholy, self-discovery, & introspection of an African American adolescent. On a visit to her grandmother, Ola, who is dying of cancer in her house in the desert, 14 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. Spanning three generations of African-American women, each holding on to a separate truth, this Coretta Scott King Award-winning novel details the struggle these women face in finding a common ground upon which to share their love, friendship, and hardships. Three generations of African American women, each holding on to a separate truth. Their story -- encompassing racism and murder as well as the family commonplaces that make a life -- is one that readers will never forget.