Toning the sweep
About this book
On a visit to her grandmother Ola, who is dying of cancer in her house in the desert, fourteen-year-old Emmie hears many stories about the past and her family history and comes to a better understanding of relatives both dead and living.
Subjects
FictionJuvenile fictionDesertsCancerGrandmothersFamily lifeAfrican AmericansBlacksAfro-AmericansFamilyFamiliesGrandmothers -- FictionFamily life -- FictionDeserts -- FictionCancer -- FictionAfrican Americans -- FictionCoretta Scott King Award1000blackgirlbooksChildren's fictionGrandparents, fictionFamily life, fictionDeserts, fictionAfrican americans, fictionCancer, fiction