Born with a rare and dangerous allergy to sunlight, Lila's spent her life hidden from the daylight-staying covered up and indoors until dark, only venturing outside after the sun has set and the moon's cool light shines. Almost every night, she is visited by two young girls who wear tutus over their jeans and costume fairy wings, and the three of them dance and tell wonderful stories. But while Lila adores her family and her new friends, still she longs to feel the sun's touch. Lila's mysterious friends have promised to help her . . . but how?

A Cool Moonlight

Children's Books

Johnson, Angela

Animals

Penguin Young Readers Group

Devastated by the loss of a second father, thirteen-year-old Bird follows her stepfather from Cleveland to Alabama in hopes of convincing him to come home, and along the way helps two boys cope with their difficulties.

Bird (Camp Princess, 1)

Literature & Fiction

Puffin Books

In this hilarious and diverse collection of short stories, ten well-known writers (including Avi, Angela Johnson, David Lubar, and Susan Shreve) relate their funny and memorable middle school moments. Illustrations.

Tripping Over the Lunch Lady

Proimos, James

LUBAR, DAVID

SHREVE, SUSAN RICHARDS

Leaving a place can be long when, days before, you've already said good-bye to everyone you know--your friends, the grocer, your cousins, "especially your cousins." Then finally the day comes, and leaving is hard. Words and pictures catch exactly the mixture of excitement and wistfulness that "good-bye" can mean for young children. Full-color illustrations.

The Leaving Morning

Education & Reference

Houghton Mifflin School

From two-time Coretta Scott King Award winner Angela Johnson, here are 12 heartrending and uplifting stories exploring the notions of home and hope.

Gone from Home: Short Takes

Teen & Young Adult

Laurel-Leaf

Maniac Monkeys on Magnolia Street

"When Charlene (aka Charlie) first moves to Magnolia Street, she is apprehensive. There seem to be no kids around, and her brother claims they have all been stolen by the maniac monkeys that inhabit the willow trees on the street. But Charlie, full of spunk, immediately finds a kindred spirit on the block named Billy. Together they discover the secrets and treasures of the neighborhood. . . . In a series of connected stories, Johnson brings Magnolia Street to life through the ever-curious Charlie, who is always open to the small wonders around her. Newly independent readers will enjoy Charlie's escapades as she makes herself at home on her new street."--Booklist

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Knopf Books for Young Readers

Songs of Faith

Religion & Spirituality

New Age & Spirituality

SCHOLASTIC INC. @

Meet Sweetness, who has saved an abandoned baby and held up a convenience store, both on the same day. And Starr, who arrives on her Day-Glo orange bicycle to baby-sit for a summer — and changes a family forever. And Victor, who cannot hear but sees clearly that his brother and sister will soon learn to fly. In 12 taut, emotional stories, Angela Johnson explores the hardship, hope, and surprising acts of compassion in the lives of young people gone from home.

Gone from Home

The year 1976 is just a few months away, and everyone in town is gearing up for the Bicentennial. But Doreen doesn’t feel much like celebrating. It just doesn’t seem right, so soon after the Vietnam War. So soon after Mama Dot and Daddy’s divorce. So soon after her little brother, Bobo, suddenly stops talking. Doreen knows for sure this will be a sad summer, an everybody-leaving-me summer. But under the falling maple leaves, in her mother’s embrace, Doreen begins to learn the knowledge of the heart: You’re never alone if you have love — and your own song of faith.

Songs of Faith (Laurel-Leaf Books)

A new collection of stories by award-winning author Angela Johnson about Charlie and her adventures on Magnolia Street. It's summertime, and that means more adventures for Charlie and her friends on Magnolia Street in this collection of short stories by the author of Maniac Monkeys on Magnolia Street. There are lots of comings and goings on the block this summer. One family disappears, while another--the Magic Family--appears from nowhere. Charlie's best friends, Billy and Lump, go off to camp and have their own adventures, and Charlie meets Ashley, a girl who likes to grow things. But perhaps most amazing of all is that Charlie and her practical-joker older brother, Sid (her nemesis), actually join forces to help a neighbor in trouble. From the Hardcover Library Binding edition.

When Mules Flew on Magnolia Street

Yearling

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