Toning the Sweep
by Angela Johnson
In a family composed of three strong, independent women (daughter, mother, grandmother),... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 1993
Word Count 22,226
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 760L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 8593, 3 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Grandmothers--Fiction
- Family
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Grandmothers
- Family life
- African Americans--Fiction
- Cancer--Fiction
- African Americans
- Cancer
- Deserts
- Deserts--Fiction
- Family life--Fiction
- Young Adult Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
- Lists With This Book
- African American Grandparents
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Angela Johnson about Toning the Sweep
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Awards & Distinctions 3
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Winner, 1994
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1993
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