One Crazy Summer

One Crazy Summer

by Rita Williams-Garcia

AMISTAD · 2011

Three sisters travel from Brooklyn to Oakland in 1968 to meet the mother who left them, but their summer takes an unexpected turn when they are enrolled in a Black Panther-run day camp. This award-winning novel offers a poignant and humorous look at family, activism, and self-discovery through the eyes of eleven-year-old Delphine as her understanding of the world expands. Readers who appreciate historical fiction with strong characters and a vivid sense of place will be captivated.

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