One Crazy Summer

by Rita Williams-Garcia

Paperback, 2011

Status

Available

Publication

Amistad (2011), Edition: Reprint, 240 pages

Library's review

"A flight from New York to Oakland, Calif., to spend the summer of 1968 with the mother who abandoned Delphine and her two sisters was the easy part. Once there, the negative things their grandmother had said about their mother, Cecile, seem true: She is uninterested in her daughters and secretive
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about her work and the mysterious men in black berets who visit. The sisters are sent off to a Black Panther day camp, where Delphine finds herself skeptical of the worldview of the militants while making the best of their situation. Delphine is the pitch-perfect older sister, wise beyond her years, an expert at handling her siblings: “Just like I know how to lift my sisters up, I also knew how to needle them just right.” Each girl has a distinct response to her motherless state, and Williams-Garcia provides details that make each characterization crystal clear. The depiction of the time is well done, and while the girls are caught up in the difficulties of adults, their resilience is celebrated and energetically told with writing that snaps off the page. (Historical fiction. 9-12)" A Kirkus Starred Review, www.kirkusreviews.com
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Awards

National Book Award (Finalist — Young People's Literature — 2010)
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2013)
Audie Award (Finalist — 2011)
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2013)
Georgia Children's Book Award (Finalist — 2012)
Newbery Medal (Honor Book — 2011)
Great Lakes Great Books Award (Honor Book — 2012)
Oregon Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 2013)
Coretta Scott King Award (Winner — 2011)
NCSLMA Battle of the Books (Middle School — 2018)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-9 — 2012)
Volunteer State Book Award (Nominee — Middle School — 2013)
Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Nominee — 2014)
The Best Children's Books of the Year (Nine to Twelve — 2011)
Idaho Battle of the Books (Elementary — 2020)
Reading Olympics (Elementary — 2024)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Fiction for Older Readers — 2010)

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

2010-01-26

ISBN

0060760907 / 9780060760908

Barcode

596
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