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New York, NY Scholastic c2010.
Description
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.
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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)