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Coming to your school �October 2014

ANGELA JOHNSON�

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Angela Johnson has written over 40 books: picture books, young

adult novels and poetry.

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Ms. Johnson’s books celebrate African-American families, history and relationships.

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She was born in Tuskegee, Alabama and

several of her books have Alabama connections.

is about the March from Selma to Montgomery in 1965.

A Sweet Smell of Roses

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is about the

World War II

Tuskegee Airman

Wind Flyers

is a book of poems about the small community of Shorter, Alabama

The Other Side

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Her YA books explore real-world issues of

teen pregnancy and divorce.

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Book Trailer for The First Part Last

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Book Trailer for Heaven

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Book Trailer for A Certain October

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And she has many more books!

Go to your library and check one out

before she comes to your school!