Angela Johnson

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

A boy's love of flight takes him on a journey from the dusty dirt roads of Alabama to the war-torn skies of Europe. Introduces young readers to the contributions of the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II.

A parade balloon shaped like a sun breaks free of his strings and flies away from the other balloons.

A stirring yet jubilant glimpse of the youth involvement that played an invaluable role in the Civil Rights movement.

Lottie Paris goes to the library, her favorite place in the world, and makes a new friend for whom the library is also a special place.

Sweet leaves her family and goes to live in a cabin in the woods with the quiet but understanding Curtis, to whom she feels intensely connected, just as he is called back to serve again in Iraq.

Nine-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 tenth birthday.

"Scotty compares herself to tofu: no flavor unless you add something. And it's true that Scotty's friends, Misha and Faclone, and her brother, Keone, make life delicious. But when a terrible accident occurs, Scotty feels responsible for the loss of someone she hardly knew, and the world goes wrong. She cannot tell what is a dream and what is real. Her friends are having a hard time getting through to her and her family is preoccupied with their own...