Status
Available
Local notes
PB Joh
Collection
Genres
Publication
Scholastic Paperbacks (1994), Edition: First(24--14), 112 pages
Description
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
Awards
BCCB Blue Ribbon Book (1993)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 1995)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee)
Coretta Scott King Award (Winner — 1994)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee — Teen — 1996)
Margaret A. Edwards Award (2018)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 1994)
CCBC Choices (1993)
Notable Children's Book (1994)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1993
Physical description
112 p.; 4.25 inches
User reviews
LibraryThing member bloftis
Toning the Sweep tells the story of 14 year old Emily, her mother Diane, and her terminally-ill grandmother Ola. Emily and Diane have travelled to the desert to visit Ola and help her to move back to Cleveland with Emily and Diane to spend the last few months of her life.
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of three generations of women and explores each of their various perspectives on life, while each works to come to terms with the loss of Ola's husband, who died when Diane was about Emily's age. In some ways, Toning the Sweep is a coming of age story, but it also tells the story of meaningful friendships and family. Show Less
LibraryThing member vpliving
The main character, Emily, has joined her mother on a trip to the desert to help her grandmother, Ola, move to Cleveland with them. Ola has terminal cancer and no longer can live on her own. Emily uses her grandmother's video camera to record Ola's friends and familiar places to bring with them to
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the city. Show Less
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Pages
112