Angela Johnson
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American author.
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- Houghton Mifflin
- Encyclopedia of World Biography
- African American Literature Book Club
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Angela Johnson
Bobby is a typical urban New York City teenager—impulsive, eager, restless. For his sixteenth birthday he cuts school with his two best buddies, grabs a couple of slices at his favorite pizza joint, catches a flick at a nearby multiplex, and gets some news from his girlfriend, Nia, that changes his life forever: He’s going to be a father. Suddenly things like school and house parties and fun times with friends are replaced by visits to Nia’s pediatrician and countless social workers who all say that the only way for Nia and Bobby to lead a normal life is to put…
Angela Johnson, Loren Long
The son of a sharecropper dreams of leaving Mississippi on a train with the legendary engineer Casey Jones.
Angela Johnson
Fourteen-year-old Marley's seemingly perfect life in the small town of Heaven is disrupted when she discovers that her father and mother are not her real parents.
Angela Johnson
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.
