Williams-Garcia, Rita.

One crazy summer / by Rita Williams-Garcia. - 1st pbk. ed. - New York : Amistad, 2012, c2010. - 218, 13 p. ; 20 cm.

In the summer of 1968, after travelling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.

Ages 9-12.

A Junior Library Guild selection. Coretta Scott King Award, Author, 2011. Newbery Honor Book, 2011. National Book Award finalist, 2010.

9780060760908 (pbk.) 0060760907 (pbk.)


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