Saving Maddie

- A Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of 2011

"Johnson avoids heavy-handed messages with nuanced characters and a realistic treatment of Joshua and Maddie's complex relationship."-- Kirkus

"[A] sincere story...the questions Josh weighs about morality, God, and desire feel wholly genuine." -- Publishers Weekly

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My Life as a Rhombus

- A 2009 Texas Library Association Tayshas High School Reading List Selection

- A 2009 New York Public Library "Stuff for the Teen Age" Book Selection

“...Johnson’s exploration of Rhonda’s unprocessed anger...is deftly handled...” -- The Bulletin (Recommended)

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Red Polka Dot in a World of Plaid

Essence Magazine Best Seller, March 2006

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