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Author:

Williams-Garcia, Rita.

Title:

One Crazy Summer / Rita Williams-Garcia.

Publisher:

Scholastic,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

218 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

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

Notes:

Gift of Kappa Delta Pi, Alpha Delta Omega Chapter International Honor Society in Education. "This edition is available for distribution only through the school market"--Cover verso. Originally published: New York : Amistad, c2010.

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.

ISBN:

0545458285 (pbk.)
9780545458283 (pbk.)
0545447844 (pbk.)
9780545447843 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)781061418

Locations:

WPPB215 -- Everly Public Library (Everly)

JSSX094 -- Janesville School Library (Janesville)

PZPA094 -- Plainfield Public Library (Plainfield)

ECPA325 -- Ringsted Public Library (Ringsted) — JFWil

YIPB062 -- Shellsburg Public Library (Shellsburg)

CZPD706 -- West Liberty Public Library (West Liberty)