Johnson, Angela

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.

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.

A thirteen-year-old girl struggles to cope with the loss of her beloved older brother, who disappeared four months earlier off the coast of Cape Cod.

In this final book of the "Heaven" trilogy, Sweet leaves home and meets Curtis, a soldier from Iraq, and they spend time together at his cabin in the woods until Curtis gets orders to return to Iraq. Sweet must deal with what the war has done to Curtis and the possibility of losing someone that she loves.

A little girl imitates her big sister Kyla all day, until in the evening Kyla imitates her.

Eight-year-old Lila, born with xeroderma pigmentosum, a skin disease that make her sensitive to sunlight, makes secret plans to feel the sun's rays on her ninth birthday.

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.

Joshua shares a wonderful day at the shore with his mom, dad, and sister.

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.