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One crazy summer

Author

Williams-Garcia, Rita.

Title

One crazy summer / by Rita Williams-Garcia.

Format

Book

Edition

1st ed.

Published

New York : Amistad, ©2010.

Description

218 pages ; 22 cm

Other contributors

Silver, Florence, former owner.

Notes

Sequel: P.S. Be eleven. From the library of Florence Silver. Bound in light blue boards, blindstamped, red lettering on spine; in illustrated dust jacket.

Summary

In the summer of 1968, after traveling 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.

Target audience

Ages 9-12.

Awards

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

Subject headings

Black Panther Party--Juvenile fiction. Sisters--Juvenile fiction. Mothers--Juvenile fiction. Poets--Juvenile fiction. African Americans--Juvenile fiction. Civil rights movements--Juvenile fiction. Oakland (Calif.)--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.

Genre heading

Newbery Medal: Honor book 2011. Coretta Scott King Award (Author): Winner 2011. Fiction. History. Juvenile works. Dust jackets (Bindings) 2010.

ISBN

9780060760885 (trade bdg.) 0060760885 (trade bdg.) 9780060760892 (lib. bdg.) 0060760893 (lib. bdg.)