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1) Joshua by the sea

Author

Johnson, Angela, 1961-

Publisher

Orchard Books

Publication Date

[1994]

Language

English

Description

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Joshua goes to the shore with his family.

2) Violet's music

Author

Johnson, Angela, 1961-

Publisher

Dial Books for Young Readers

Publication Date

[2004]

Accelerated Reader

IL: - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 0.5

Language

English

Description

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From the days she banged her rattle in the crib, Violet has been looking for friends to share her love of music.

3) Just like Josh Gibson

Author

Johnson, Angela, 1961-

Publisher

Aladdin Paperbacks

Publication Date

2003.

Accelerated Reader

IL: - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 0.5

Language

English

Description

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A young girl's grandmother tells her of her love for baseball and the day they let her play in the game even though she was a girl.

4) Lottie Paris lives here

Author

Johnson, Angela, 1961-

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Publication Date

[2011]

Accelerated Reader

IL: - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 0.5

Language

English

Description

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Relates a day in the life of a little girl who lives with her Papa Pete in a house across from a park.

5) Tell me a story, Mama

Author

Johnson, Angela, 1961-

Publisher

Orchard Books

Publication Date

[1988]

Accelerated Reader

IL: - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 0.5

Language

English

Description

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A young girl and her mother remember together all the girl's favorite stories about her mother's childhood.

6) All different now: Juneteenth, the first day of freedom

Author

Johnson, Angela, 1961-

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Publication Date

[2014]

Accelerated Reader

IL: - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 0.5

Language

English

Description

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In 1865, members of a family start their day as slaves, working in a Texas cotton field, and end it celebrating their freedom on what came to be known as Juneteenth.

7) The leaving morning

Author

Johnson, Angela, 1961-

Publisher

Orchard Books

Publication Date

[1992]

Accelerated Reader

IL: - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 0.5

Language

English

Description

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On the leaving morning, a child watches for the moving men, has a cup of cocoa in the deli across the street, and leaves lip marks on the window of the apartment before departing for the new home.

8) Heaven

Author

Johnson, Angela, 1961-

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Publication Date

1998.

Accelerated Reader

IL: - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 3

Language

English

Description

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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.

9) Lottie Paris and the best place

Author

Johnson, Angela, 1961-

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Publication Date

[2013]

Accelerated Reader

IL: - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 0.5

Language

English

Description

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Lottie Paris goes to the library, her favorite place in the world, and makes a new friend for whom the library is also a special place.

10) Lily Brown's paintings

Author

Johnson, Angela, 1961-

Publisher

Orchard Books

Publication Date

2007.

Accelerated Reader

IL: - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 0.5

Language

English

Description

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When Lily Brown paints, she imagines all sorts of fantastic things in the scenes that she sees every day.

11) Bird

Author

Johnson, Angela, 1961-

Publisher

Dial Books

Publication Date

[2004]

Accelerated Reader

IL: - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3

Language

English

Description

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Devastated by the loss of a second father, thirteen-year-old Bird follows her stepfather from Cleveland to Alabama in hopes of convincing him to come home, and along the way helps two boys cope with their difficulties.

12) A girl like me

Author

Johnson, Angela, 1961-

Publisher

Millbrook Press

Publication Date

[2020]

Accelerated Reader

IL: - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 0.5

Language

English

Description

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"Empower young readers to embrace their individuality, reject societal limitations, and follow their dreams. This inspiring picture book brings together a poem by acclaimed author Angela Johnson and Nina Crews's distinctive photocollage illustrations to celebrate girls of color" -- Amazon.com