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One crazy summer : Gaither Sisters Cover Image Book Book

One crazy summer : Gaither Sisters/ Rita Williams-Garcia.

Summary:

In One Crazy Summer, 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. But when the sisters arrive from Brooklyn to spend the summer with their mother, 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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0060760885
  • ISBN: 9780060760885
  • ISBN: 0060760893
  • ISBN: 9780060760892
  • Physical Description: 218 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Amistad, ©2010.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
Ages 9-12.
Awards Note:
A Junior Library Guild selection
Newbery Honor Book, 2011
Coretta Scott King Author Award, 2011
National Book Award Winner, 2011
Subject: Black Panther Party > Juvenile fiction.
Sisters > Fiction.
Mothers > Fiction.
Poets > Fiction.
African Americans > Fiction.
Civil rights movements > Fiction.
Oakland (California) > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Genre: Juvenile works
Historical fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at scottsboropl.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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250 . ‡aFirst edition.
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300 . ‡a218 pages ; ‡c22 cm
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4901 . ‡aGaither Sisters ; ‡vBk 1
520 . ‡aIn One Crazy Summer, 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. But when the sisters arrive from Brooklyn to spend the summer with their mother, 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.
5211 . ‡aAges 9-12.
5868 . ‡aA Junior Library Guild selection
586 . ‡aNewbery Honor Book, 2011
586 . ‡aCoretta Scott King Author Award, 2011
586 . ‡aNational Book Award Winner, 2011
61020. ‡aBlack Panther Party ‡vJuvenile fiction.
650 1. ‡aSisters ‡vFiction.
650 1. ‡aMothers ‡vFiction.
650 1. ‡aPoets ‡vFiction.
650 1. ‡aAfrican Americans ‡vFiction.
650 1. ‡aCivil rights movements ‡vFiction.
651 1. ‡aOakland (California) ‡xHistory ‡y20th century ‡vFiction.
655 7. ‡aJuvenile works
655 7. ‡aHistorical fiction. ‡2lcgft
655 7. ‡aNovels. ‡2lcgft
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