Author:
Williams-Garcia, Rita, author.
Edition Statement:First edition.
ImprintNew York : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2010]
Imprint2010
Description218 pages ; 22 cm
Note: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.
Note: AwardsNewbery honor book.
Note: AwardsScott O'Dell award for historical fiction.
Note: AwardsNatinal book award finalist.
Note: AwardsCoretta Scott King award winner.