Looking for Red

By Angela Johnson

Book Overview

Twelve-year-old Mike -- short for Michaela -- loves the ocean. The sights, sounds, and smells of her coastal home are embedded in her very soul. But Michaela loves her brother, Red, even more. Then... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689832532
• ISBN13: 9780689832536
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.9" x 4.8"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

A Beautiful Sadness

Since I love Angela Johnson's work, I sat down with this in the library and read it straight through, pausing to wipe away tears. Though there isn't a happy ending or the usual structure, the beauty of word and setting as well as the bare honesty of what loss is made me smile. It reminded me of Virginia Hamilton's Sweet Whisper Brother Rush from back in the day. Kudos, Ms. Johnson.

moving story

This novel is a moving depiction of grief, and of the unbearable secrets we keep even from ourselves. I use LOOKING FOR RED in my course on writing fiction for children and teens at Mills College as an example of spare and lyrical writing.