Lottie Paris and the Best Place

A Cool Moonlight

All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom

Moonlight on the River

My Lungs

One Jar of Magic

Someone Like Me

When the Stars Lead Home

The Gates Of Heaven Series

After Heaven and The First Part Last, three-time Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Angela Johnson concludes her acclaimed trilogy with a poignant tale of finding where you belong and who you belong with. Shoogy left home with all her jeans still in the washer because she couldnt think of a reason to stay. Shes not sure where she belongs, until she meets Curtis. Curtis knows for certain where he does not want to be and thats to be back in the army. He is happy to be in Ohio, where it is quiet and he can spend time with Shoogy. But when Curtis gets orders to return to Iraq, will belonging with each other be enough to keep Shoogy and Curtis together? Angela Johnson takes us back to Heaven, Ohio in this bittersweet tale of first love found and lost.

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All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom

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When the Stars Lead Home

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