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One crazy summer / by Rita Williams-Garcia.

Williams-Garcia, Rita, (author.).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780060760885
  • ISBN: 0060760885
  • ISBN: 9780060760892
  • ISBN: 0060760893
  • ISBN: 9780060760908
  • ISBN: 0060760907
  • ISBN: 9780606235556
  • ISBN: 0606235558
  • ISBN: 9780329859367
  • ISBN: 0329859366
  • ISBN: 9780545447843
  • ISBN: 0545447844
  • ISBN: 9780545458283
  • ISBN: 0545458285
  • Physical Description: 218 pages ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: 1st edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Amistad, 2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Dates may vary.
Sequel: 'P.S. Be eleven.'
Target Audience Note:
Ages 9-12.
750L Lexile
750L Lexile.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.6 7 135338.
Accelerated Reader Middle Grades 4.6 7.0 Quiz: 135338.
Reading Counts 3-5 4.6 11.0 Quiz: 48832.
Awards Note:
Coretta Scott King Award, Author, 2011.
National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature, 2010.
Newbery Honor Book, 2011.
Scott O'Dell Award, 2011.
A Junior Library Guild selection

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Subject:
Black Panther Party > Juvenile fiction.
Sisters > Juvenile fiction.
Mothers > Juvenile fiction.
Poets > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Civil rights movements > Juvenile fiction.
Mothers.
Oakland (Calif.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Genre:
Historical fiction.
Novels.

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  • 2 of 3 copies available at Madison County Public Library.

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Hot Springs Library J FIC WIL (Text) 30229101478401 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Madison Main Library J FIC WIL (Text) 30229100951614 Juvenile Fiction Display Checked out 08/11/2026
Mars Hill Library J FIC WIL (Text) 30229101080678 Juvenile Fiction Available -

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