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 Show Less
Awards
National Book Award (Finalist — Young People's Literature — 2010)
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2013)
Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2013)
Audie Award (Finalist — 2011)
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2013)
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Nominee — 2013)
Georgia Children's Book Award (Finalist — 2012)
Parents' Choice Book Award (2010)
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2013)
Newbery Medal (Honor Book — 2011)
Great Lakes Great Books Award (Honor Book — 2012)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee)
Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature (Honor Book — 2011)
Oregon Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 2013)
Coretta Scott King Award (Winner — 2011)
California Young Reader Medal (Nominee — 2014)
West Virginia Children's Choice Book Award (Nominee — 2011-2012)
NCSLMA Battle of the Books (Middle School — 2018)
Rhode Island Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2012)
FOCAL Award (2013)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-9 — 2012)
Scott O'Dell Award (2011)
Volunteer State Book Award (Nominee — Middle School — 2013)
The White Ravens (2011)
Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Nominee — 2014)
CCBC Choices (2011)
The Best Children's Books of the Year (Nine to Twelve — 2011)
Books From All 50 States (and Washington, D.C.!) (California)
Notable Children's Book (2011)
Rise: A Feminist Book Project for Ages 0-18 (Selection — 2011)
Idaho Battle of the Books (Elementary — 2020)
Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults (Top Ten — 2011)
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