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Author:
Williams-Garcia, Rita.
Title:
One crazy summer / Rita Williams-Garcia.
Edition:
Reprint ed.
Publisher:
Amistad,
Copyright Date:
2011
Description:
240 p. ; 20 cm.
Subject:
Sisters--Juvenile fiction.
Mothers--Juvenile fiction.
Poets--Juvenile fiction.
African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
Civil rights movements--Juvenile fiction.
Oakland (Calif.)--Juvenile fiction. --20th century--Juvenile fiction.
Black Panther Party--Juvenile fiction.
Notes:
Newbery Honor Book Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction
Summary:
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.
ISBN:
9780060760908 (paperback)
0060760907 (paperback)
Locations:
EZPE755 -- Le Mars Public Library (Le Mars)

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