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Angela Johnson

Angela Johnson
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Angela Johnson

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 has written numerous books for younger readers, including 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; A Sweet Smell of Roses, illustrated by Eric Velasquez; and Lottie Paris Lives Here, illustrated by Scott M. Fischer. In recognition of her outstanding talent, Angela was named a 2003 MacArthur Fellow. She lives in Kent, Ohio.

A Certain October will be released on August 28, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
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Lottie Paris Lives Here will be released on August 30, 2011 in Hardcover, eBook
Aug 30, 2011
Lottie Paris Lives Here is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Aug 30, 2011
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Sweet, Hereafter has won an award
May 11, 2011
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Lottie Paris Lives Here
May 03, 2011
Sweet, Hereafter is now available in Trade Paperback
Jan 04, 2011
Sweet, Hereafter will be released on January 04, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Jan 04, 2011
The Day Ray Got Away will be released on September 07, 2010 in Hardcover
Sep 07, 2010
The Day Ray Got Away is now available in Hardcover
Sep 07, 2010
News:
Sweet, Hereafter has won an award
May 30, 2010
The First Part Last will be released on May 11, 2010 in eBook
May 11, 2010
The First Part Last is now available in eBook
May 11, 2010
Graphic Excerpt:
The Day Ray Got Away
Mar 25, 2010
Excerpt:
Prologue from Sweet, Hereafter
Feb 03, 2010
Sweet, Hereafter is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Jan 05, 2010
Sweet, Hereafter will be released on January 05, 2010 in eBook
Jan 05, 2010

Authors on the Web

Individual.com, April 25, 2012
...and is interested to come in, meet the authors and have a discussion," said Turning Pages President Angela Johnson. "We went to a literary festival in Columbia in 2010; what they did was get a lot of authors to come in and meet with the public. We noticed...
AZCentral.com, February 27, 2012
...for fun. "How about this one?" Merrill asked 12-year-old Maddie Savage while holding the book, "Bird," by Angela Johnson. "It looks kind of cool," Maddie said later. "She (Merrill) said it was good but kind of sad, too." Too busy to visit the library,...
Kentucky Enquirer, January 29, 2012
...Rick Riordan 2006: “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” by Mark Haddon and “Bird” by Angela Johnson 2005: “The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini and “Among the Hidden” by Margaret Peterson Haddix” 2004: “Crossing the...
World Book and News, January 26, 2012
...and celebrities including as Shaquille O’Neal, Bell Hooks, Roslyn Jordan, the mother of basketball great Michael Jordan, Angela Johnson and Andrea Davis Pinkney. In 2007 Evans opened Dream Studio in Kansas City, MO. Evans has used the space to host...
Daily Pilot, November 6, 2011
...newportbeachlibrary.org or visit our teens page at http://www.nbplteens.org. "The First Part Last," by Angela Johnson (Simon & Schuster, 2003): Bobby, a contemporary teenager who was scared and nervous about becoming a father at 16, has fallen in love...
Babble, November 5, 2011
...when you’ve got a toddler The elusive Momance: Where are all my mom friends? About the Author Angela Johnson is a freelance writer, yoga enthusiast and amateur DJ. She lives in Brooklyn, NY with her husband and 13-month-old daughter. Stay connected...
Cleveland Live, October 11, 2011
...By Angela Johnson As a child, I had always loved thunderstorms; so I was heartened by the cover of Brian Selznick's "Wonder Struck," with its darkened skies and streaking lightning...
New Pittsburgh Courier, March 2, 2012
...around the nation. Twelve other performers joined Bugnon on stage at the concert. Among those were neo-soul artist Angela Johnson, hot off of her Grammy winning work with the Tedeschi Trucks Band; trumpeter Maurice Brown, and on the trap drums was Poogie...
Hawkes Bay Today, March 1, 2012
...night a complaint was to be lodged with the police today. In the meantime president Zane Johnson, secretary Angela Johnson and the chairman of the organisation's representative operations section Hape Gill have been replaced by an interim committee....
National Collegiate Athletic Association, March 1, 2012
...Michigan University; Tracey Flynn, Quinnipiac University; Amy Folan, University of Texas at Austin; Joanne Glasser (chair), Bradley University; Angela Johnson “A.J.” Grube, Western Carolina University; Nina King, Duke University; Gary Overton, East...
Wicked Local Mansfield, March 1, 2012
...one room in the museum that would be based on the children’s book “Violet’s Music,” by Angela Johnson. Sbrega said the book is about a child who loves music, and uses different items as instruments — an idea that will be brought to life by the...
Herald News, February 29, 2012
...showed one room in the museum that would be based on the children?s book ?Violet?s Music,? by Angela Johnson. Sbrega said the book is about a child who loves music, and uses different items as instruments ? an idea that will be brought to life by the...
Sioux City Journal, February 28, 2012
...SOUTH SIOUX CITY -- The bad news: Austin Johnson won't wrestle competitively again. The good news? He'll get a bunch of new shirts and sweatshirts as he'll gain 2 to 5 inches on his 5-foot-8 frame. That's what happens when doctors surgically screw two...
AZCentral.com, February 27, 2012
...for fun. "How about this one?" Merrill asked 12-year-old Maddie Savage while holding the book, "Bird," by Angela Johnson. "It looks kind of cool," Maddie said later. "She (Merrill) said it was good but kind of sad, too." Too busy to visit the library,...