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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; Lottie Paris Lives Here; and the upcoming All Different Now (2013). 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
Feb 02, 2012
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
News:
Sweet, Hereafter has won an award
May 11, 2011
Graphic Excerpt:
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

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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...
School Library Journal, September 27, 2011
...and Estrella's Quinceañera by Malín Alegría (S & S, 2006). Another popular title in this genre is Angela Johnson's The First Part Last (S & S, 2003). Our teens also gravitate to modern classics, among them Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak (Farrar, 1999)...
Government Information Agency Guyana, September 9, 2011
...Service along with the Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee and Permanent Secretary of the Home Affairs Ministry, Angela Johnson at the handing over exercise of the vehicles to the Prison Service “It is also expected that preventative maintenance...
John Heald's Blog, October 11, 2011
...Good morning from Freeport, Grand Bahamas, where today we have been filming the last part of the four different videos you will see over the next few days. This will be a quick fire blog as I have to squeeze may fat arse in an American Eagle seat and fly...
Church Hill People's News, September 26, 2011
...DTLR has generously provided copies of First Part Last , by Angela Johnson, for our next East End/DTLR Book Club on October 18 at 4:00p.m. This is an excellent, award winning, SHORT book. Celebrate Teen Read Week with DTRL Book...
eclectic / eccentric, September 20, 2011
...For those of you who don't know, Bitch is a feminist pop culture magazine that everyone should subscribe to! They have created a list of the Top 100 Young Adult Books for the Feminist Reader, and I thought I would (finally) share it with you guys.As with...
NPR Blogs: The Picture Show, August 1, 2011
...remind us that each of us, even the most ordinary, has the ability to be extraordinary. Thanks to Angela Johnson and the Ripley Archives. For further reading, see Mark Sloan, Roger Manley and Michelle Van Parys' Dear Mr. Ripley: A Compendium of...
43rd State Blues: Democracy for Idaho, August 1, 2011
...Reposted from Daily Kos Readers and Book Lovers and Daily Kos Education Alternatives The sites Teach with Picture Books and Picture This: Teaching With Picture Books offer several great tips. Below are some of my favorite books in this genre and...
Kidlit.com, July 20, 2011
...WHAT HAPPENED WHEN MY BIG SISTER WENT CRAZY by Sonya Sones), and teen pregnancy (FIRST PART LAST by Angela Johnson). In each of these novels, what the characters are thinking and feeling is more important than what they are doing. Stories with poetry as...
Alice Pope's SCBWI Children's Market Blog, July 7, 2011
...her meeting Judy Blume !). You've got an impressive list of clients (including Libba Bray , Holly Black , Angela Johnson and Lauren Myracle to name a few). Are you open to new clients? If so, what's the best way to approach you? I am always open to new...