Angela Johnson

From the days she banged her rattle in the crib, Violet has been looking for friends to share her love of music.

Stories of youth involvement in the Civil Rights movement.

A young girl's grandmother tells her of her love for baseball and the day they let her play in the game even though she was a girl.

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.

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.

A child imagines being old with Grandaddy and joining him in such activities as playing cards all day, visiting the ocean, and eating bacon on the porch.

Relates a day in the life of a little girl who lives with her Papa Pete in a house across from a park.

Fourteen-year-old Marley's seemingly perfect life in the small town of Heaven is disrupted when she discovers that her father and mother are not her real parents.