One crazy summer
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.
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- ISBN: 0060760885
- ISBN: 9780060760885
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Physical Description
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218 pages - Edition 1st ed.
- Publisher New York : HarperCollins, [2010]
- Copyright ©2010
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Amistad." |
Target Audience Note: | "Ages 9-12"--P. [2] of cover. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 18.99 |
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One Crazy Summer : A Newbery Honor Award Winner
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One Crazy Summer : A Newbery Honor Award Winner
Eleven-year-old Delphine has it together. Even though her mother, Cecile, abandoned her and her younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern, seven years ago. And even though Delphine must look after her sisters during a summer trip to California to visit Cecile. To get them out of her hair, their mother decides that the girls will attend a day camp run by the Black Panthers. There, the sisters are transformed from naive "colored girls" into strong, proud black girls who become an important part of the community. Acclaimed author Rita Williams-Garcia writes with insight and humor about family, politics, and identity in this brilliant middle-grade novel.