Johnson, Angela

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

A collection of poems narrated by a young woman who is reunited with her mother for a few days after being separated for years.

A collection of short stories in which young people extend help to those around them while trying to find hopeful answers to life's problems.

A collection of poems reminiscent of growing up as an African-American girl in Shorter, Alabama.

The son of a sharecropper dreams of leaving Mississippi on a train with the legendary engineer Casey Jones.

A series of candid reflections by the youngest of three sisters on her daily relationships with her older sisters and family.

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.

Ali discovers that there is someone else that thinks snakes are beautiful and loves them as much as she does.

Maya's grandfather brings her a pig from Alaska and the two of them learn about fun and sharing together.