Eleven-year-old Delphine has it together. Even though her mother, Cecile, abandoned her and her younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern, seven years ago. Even though her father and Big Ma will send them from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to stay with Cecile for the summer. And even though Delphine will have to take care of her sisters, as usual, and learn the truth about the missing pieces of the past.
When the girls arrive in Oakland in the summer of 1968, Cecile wants nothing to do with them. She makes them eat Chinese takeout dinners, forbids them to enter her kitchen, and never explains the strange visitors with Afros and black berets who knock on her door. Rather than spend time with them, Cecile sends Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern to a summer camp sponsored by a revolutionary group, the Black Panthers, where the girls get a radical new education.
Set during one of the most tumultuous years in recent American history, one crazy summer is the heartbreaking, funny tale of three girls in search of the mother who abandoned them - an unforgettable story told by a distinguished author of books for children and teens, Rita Williams-Garcia.
When the girls arrive in Oakland in the summer of 1968, Cecile wants nothing to do with them. She makes them eat Chinese takeout dinners, forbids them to enter her kitchen, and never explains the strange visitors with Afros and black berets who knock on her door. Rather than spend time with them, Cecile sends Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern to a summer camp sponsored by a revolutionary group, the Black Panthers, where the girls get a radical new education.
Set during one of the most tumultuous years in recent American history, one crazy summer is the heartbreaking, funny tale of three girls in search of the mother who abandoned them - an unforgettable story told by a distinguished author of books for children and teens, Rita Williams-Garcia.
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Hardback Editions
December 2011 : Library Binding
| Title: One Crazy Summer (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) Author(s): Rita Williams-Garcia ISBN: 0-606-23555-8 / 978-0-606-23555-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Turtleback Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
February 2010 : Hardback
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February 2010 : Library Binding
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January 2010 : Hardback
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Paperback Editions
December 2011 : Paperback
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Audio Editions
2010 : Audio CD
| Title: One Crazy Summer (Unabridged Audio CDs) Author(s): Rita Williams-Garcia ISBN: 1-4498-2196-0 / 978-1-4498-2196-8 Publisher: Recorded Books Availability: Amazon More details... |
Other Editions
2011 : Unknown
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January 2010 : Kindle edition
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January 2010 : Unknown
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