| One Crazy Summer Contributor(s): Williams-Garcia, Rita (Author) |
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ISBN: 1613833857 ISBN-13: 9781613833858 Publisher: Turtleback Books OUR PRICE: $18.53 Product Type: Prebound - Other Formats Published: December 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 750 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.45 lbs) 218 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 1960's - Cultural Region - Northern California - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - California - Locality - Oakland, California |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 135338 Reading Level: 4.6 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this Newbery Honor novel, New York Times bestselling author Rita Williams-Garcia tells the story of three sisters who travel to Oakland, California, in 1968 to meet the mother who abandoned them. Eleven-year-old Delphine is like a mother to her two younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern. She's had to be, ever since their mother, Cecile, left them seven years ago for a radical new life in California. When they arrive from Brooklyn to spend the summer with her, Cecile is nothing like they imagined. While the girls hope to go to Disneyland and meet Tinker Bell, their mother sends them to a day camp run by the Black Panthers. Unexpectedly, Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern learn much about their family, their country, and themselves during one truly crazy summer. This moving, funny novel won the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction and the Coretta Scott King Award and was a National Book Award Finalist. Readers who enjoy Christopher Paul Curtis's The Watsons Go to Birmingham will find much to love in One Crazy Summer. Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern's story continues in P.S. Be Eleven. Supports the Common Core State Standards |