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Author:

Johnson, Angela.

Title:

Toning the sweep : a novel / by Angela Johnson.

Publisher:

Orchard Books,

Copyright Date:

c1993

Description:

103 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Grandmothers--Young adult fiction.
Family life--Young adult fiction.
Deserts--Young adult fiction.
Cancer--Young adult fiction.
Blacks--Young adult fiction.
Young adult fiction.

Notes:

"A Richard Jackson book"--P.

Summary:

On a visit to her grandmother Ola, who is dying of cancer in her house in the desert, fourteen-year-old Emmie hears many stories about the past and her family history and comes to a better understanding of relatives both dead and living.

ISBN:

9780590481427
0590481428
9780531086261 (lib. bdg.)
0531086267 (lib. bdg.)
9780531054765
0531054764

LCCN:

92034062

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TJPC492 -- Bellevue Public Library (Bellevue)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

D3PA284 -- Colesburg Public Library (Colesburg)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

VGPC334 -- Fayette Community Library (Fayette)

UPAX334 -- Upper Iowa University - Henderson-Wilder Library (Fayette)

UWAX953 -- Waldorf University - Luise V. Hanson Library (Forest City)

EKPC715 -- Hartley Public Library (Hartley) — Hard

HOPC845 -- Hull Public Library (Hull)

SPPE104 -- Independence Public Library (Independence)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

JSSX094 -- Janesville School Library (Janesville)

8USX522 -- Lone Tree Community School (Lone Tree)

30SX663 -- Osage High School (Osage)

BGPE251 -- Perry Public Library (Perry)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

WXPD305 -- Spirit Lake Public Library (Spirit Lake)

90PB522 -- Springmier Community Library (Tiffin)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)