| All This and Heaven Too Contributor(s): Johnson, Angela (Author) |
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ISBN: 1442487194 ISBN-13: 9781442487192 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $10.79 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Dating & Relationships - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Self-esteem & Self-reliance |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2013939819 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.5" W x 8.1" (0.70 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Self-Esteem - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Survival. Change. Hope. Three award-winning stories of three very different teens from Heaven, Ohio, are now available together in one beloved collection. In Heaven, Marley has always relied on her parents, until a lie she's been told all her life threatens to break apart her family. In The First Part Last, Bobby is sixteen. He's not ready to be a father, but when his girlfriend finds out she's pregnant, he has to learn what it really means to be a man. And in Sweet, Hereafter, Shoogy isolates herself from the people who love her. Finding Curtis changes all that, but when he's called back to Iraq, she might lose him forever. These compelling portrayals, from Printz winner and three-time Coretta Scott King Award-winner Angela Johnson, depict the realities, both bittersweet and inspirational, of growing up. |
Contributor Bio(s): Johnson, Angela: - 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 is also the author of the novels Looking for Red and A Certain October. Her books for younger readers include 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; and Lottie Paris Lives Here and its sequel Lottie Paris and the Best Place, both illustrated by Scott M. Fischer. Additional picture books include A Sweet Smell of Roses, Just Like Josh Gibson, The Day Ray Got Away, and All Different Now. In recognition of her outstanding talent, Angela was named a 2003 MacArthur Fellow. She lives in Kent, Ohio. Visit her at AJohnsonAuthor.com. |