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 • one of the world’s
most popular authors
• over 560 million
copies of her novels
sold

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 JOHNNY ANGEL
A DELL BOOK

PUBLISHING HISTORY
Delacorte Hardcover edition published by July 2003
Dell mass market edition / June 2004

PUBLISHED BY
BANTAM DELL
A Division of Random House, Inc.
New York.

Cover Designed By
Jorge Martinez
And
AndrewM. Newman

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 JOHNNY ANGEL
On Sale: July 1, 2003
Price: $29.95

ABOUT THIS BOOK

In her fifty-eighth bestselling novel, Danielle

Steel tells the breathtaking story of a mother’s love
and a son’s gift, of the tragedy that nearly destroyed a
family...and the miracle that saved them.

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 Family of Johnny

Mr. Gim Alice

Peterson Peterson

Johnny
Bobby

Charlette

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Becky Adams
(GirlFriend)
Mother with
4 Siblings

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The Story :-
•With a word or a smile, seventeen-year-old Johnny
Peterson could light up a room, fill his mother’s heart
with pride, and inspire the best in those around him
•A star athlete and class
valedictorian, tall, lanky Johnny had
a future filled with promise--until he
stepped into a car on prom night,
dazzling in his rented tux, and in an
instant, it was all taken away.
•His death was a terrible shock and
so unfair (as Steel points out several
times). Johnny wasn't drunk or high,
and perhaps his quick reactions in
those final terrible seconds saved
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 •they have so many problems, beginning with Johnny's
younger brother Bobby, completely mute and
withdrawn into a lonely world of his own since the car
accident five years ago that turned his guilt-ridden
father Jim into a taciturn alcoholic. high school
sweetheart, Becky, struggle to put together the pieces
of their shattered lives.
Shortly after Johnny's death, his mother Alice vomits
blood and is taken, unconscious, to the hospital, where
she is diagnosed with a bleeding ulcer.
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•a glorious vision comes to her in her dreams. There,
standing before her, is Johnny himself, with that
familiar twinkle in his eye, gently urging his
bewildered mother to be strong for her splintered
family.
For Alice, seeing her marvelous lost boy is a miracle
she can’t quite believe but is more than willing to
embrace.

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In the weeks to come, Johnny will appear in the most unlikely
places, visible only to the two people who need him most: his
nine-year-old brother, locked in a silent world, whose special
needs Johnny always seemed to understand…and his mother,
who has always nurtured her family, but who now needs a
guardian angel of her own.
•Through a season of hope and healing, Johnny will
walk by his mother’s side, leaving miracles in his wake,
leading his parents, his girlfriend, his sister, and his
brother out of their grief.
But as Alice is about to discover, Johnny has returned not just to
help those he loves, but to uncover a purpose even he cannot
comprehend--one that will change them all forever.

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 Drawbacks
• Unfortunately, the story is flawed by clunky
characterizations
• sticking point isn't that Steel reveals her characters'
problems through authorial proclamation rather than
action and dialogue-that bluntness is simply her style-
but that she explains those problems repeatedly
• She runs sentences together, grammar is incorrect,
over-use of the word "and“.
• poor writing style

Overall, Steele's heartfelt depiction of the central relationship

between Johnny and his mother is touching
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 Conclusion
•Theme -The healing power of love

• An unforgettable story of loving and letting go, of

mixed blessings and second chances, Johnny
Angel is a celebration of life, hope, and
forgiveness. It will make you laugh and cry…and
hold your loved ones just a little bit closer.

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