Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Williams-Garcia, Rita

One crazy summer Rita Williams-Garcia. - 1st pbk. ed. - New York Amistad, 2012, c2010. - 218, 13 p. 20 cm. - Gaither Sisters Series Book 1 .

Includes "Extras": an excerpt from the author's acceptance speech for the Coretta Scott King award, a deleted chapter from the novel, and extras and activities.

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.

750L

9780060760908 (pbk.) 0060760907 (pbk.)


Black Panther Party


Sisters
Mothers
Poets
African Americans
Civil rights movements


Oakland (Calif.)--History--20th century

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