
1998
First Published
3.71
Average Rating
60
Number of Pages
A Coretta Scott King Honor book pays poetic tribute to an Alabama town on its way to extinction, as seen by a teenager returning there, where she grew up. Reprint.
Avg Rating
3.71
Number of Ratings
55
5 STARS
20%
4 STARS
38%
3 STARS
35%
2 STARS
7%
1 STARS
0%
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Author

Angela Johnson
Author · 42 books
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. Angela Johnson is the author of the Coretta Scott King Honor picture book When I Am Old with You; as well as A Sweet Smell of Roses, illustrated by Eric Velasquez; Just Like Josh Gibson, illustrated by Beth Peck; and I Dream of Trains, which was also illustrated by Loren Long. She has won three Coretta Scott King Awards, one each for her novels Heaven, Toning the Sweep, and The First Part Last. In recognition of her outstanding talent, Angela was named a 2003 MacArthur Fellow. She lives in Kent, Ohio.