num_pages: 112
description: Angela Johnson's Coretta Scott King Award winning novel that traces three generations of African American women as they learn one another's truths. Three generations of African American women, each holding on to a separate truth. Their story—encompassing racism and murder as well as the family commonplaces that make a life—is one that readers will never forget.
language: English
title: Toning the Sweep
titlecomplete: Toning the Sweep
genres: Fiction, Family, Cultural, Coming Of Age, Teen, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Realistic Fiction, Childrens, African American
ratings_count: 455
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Coretta Scott King Book Award
category: Author, awardedAt: 1514793600000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks