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One crazy summer / by Rita Williams-Garcia.

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.



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