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Author:

Williams-Garcia, Rita.

Title:

P.S. be eleven / by Rita Williams-Garcia.

Edition:

1st pbk. ed., 2015.

Publisher:

Amistadan imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

274, 8 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Sisters--Juvenile fiction.
Parent and child--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Nineteen sixties--Juvenile fiction.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Juvenile fiction.
Sisters--Fiction.
Parent and child--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Nineteen sixties--Fiction.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Sisters--Fiction.
Parent-child relationship--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Nineteen sixties--Fiction.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.

Other Authors:

Sequel to: Williams-Garcia, Rita. One crazy summer.

Notes:

Sequel to: One crazy Summer.

Summary:

After spending the summer of 1968 with their mother and the Black Panthers, Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern return home to Brooklyn with a new feeling of independence, but they discover their father has a new girlfriend, Uncle Darnell has come home from Vietnam a changed man, and Big Ma still expects Delphine to take care of everything. Feeling overwhelmed, Delphine writes to her mother, who reminds her to enjoy being eleven and not grow up too fast.

Indexed by:

School Library Journal starred, June 2013
Booklist starred, February 2013
Horn Book Starred, May 2013
Pub Weekly, April 2013
Kirkus Starred, March 2013
Horn Book, November 2013
Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 2013
Teacher Librarian, April 2014
School Library Journal starred
Booklist starred
Horn Book Starred

ISBN:

1489855378
9781489855374
0061938645
9780061938641

Locations:

POSX851 -- Ballard Community High School (Huxley)

CCPB522 -- Oxford Public Library (Oxford)

UAPA765 -- Plover Public Library (Plover)