Toning the sweep /

Toning the sweep /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnson, Angela
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Orchard Books, [1993]
Subjects:
Grandmothers > Fiction.
Family life > Fiction.
Deserts > Fiction.
Cancer > Fiction.
African Americans > Fiction.
Description
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.
Item Description:"A Richard Jackson book"--Half title p.
Physical Description:103 pages ; 22 cm.
Awards:Coretta Scott King Author Award, 1994
ISBN:0531054764 :
0531086267 (lib. bdg.)