Johnson, Angela.

Toning the sweep / Angela Johnson. - New York : Orchard Books, c1993. - 103 p. ; 22 cm.

"A Richard Jackson book"--Half title p.

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: 0531054764 0531086267 (lib. bdg.)

LCCN: 92034062 /AC

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Grandmothers--Fiction.
Family life--Fiction.
Deserts--Fiction.
Cancer--Fiction.
Afro-Americans--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.J629 / To 1993

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]