One Crazy Summer
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia is a reprint edition published by HarperCollins on December 27, 2011. This 240-page novel tells the story of three sisters, Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern, who travel from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, in 1968 to meet their mother, Cecile, who abandoned them seven years earlier. The sisters expect a summer filled with fun and adventure, but instead, they find themselves navigating a new and challenging environment, as their mother sends them to a day camp run by the Black Panthers.
Throughout their summer, the sisters learn about their family dynamics, social issues, and their own identities. The narrative explores themes of family, historical context, and the complexities of growing up as African American girls during a transformative period in American history. Readers will find a blend of humor and poignant moments as Delphine takes on a maternal role for her younger sisters while they all confront their past and the realities of their present. This edition is suitable for those interested in juvenile fiction that addresses significant social themes.
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In this Newbery Honor novel, New York Times bestselling author Rita Williams-Garcia tells the story of three sisters who travel to Oakland, California, in 1968 to meet the mother who abandoned them.
Eleven-year-old Delphine is like a mother to her two younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern. She’s had to be, ever since their mother, Cecile, left them seven years ago for a radical new life in California. When they arrive from Brooklyn to spend the summer with her, Cecile is nothing like they imagined. While the girls hope to go to Disneyland and meet Tinker Bell, their mother sends them to a day camp run by the Black Panthers. Unexpectedly, Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern learn much about their family, their country, and themselves during one truly crazy summer.
This moving, funny novel won the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction and the Coretta Scott King Award and was a National Book Award Finalist.
Readers who enjoy Christopher Paul Curtis’s The Watsons Go to Birmingham will find much to love in One Crazy Summer. Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern’s story continues in P.S. Be Eleven.
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