Toning the Sweep

by Angela Johnson

Published 1 April 1993
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.

Humming Whispers

by Angela Johnson

Published 1 March 1995
14 year-old Sophy is a gifted dancer, as was her sister, Nicole before she developed schizophrenia. Focu sing on relationships rather than on symptoms and treatments , Johnson demonstrates the pervasive effects of mental illne ss on an entire family. '