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One crazy summer / by Rita Williams-Garcia.
Van Pelt Library PZ7.W6713 On 2010
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Van Pelt Library PZ7.W6713 On 2010
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams-Garcia, Rita
- Series:
- Gaither Sisters ; 1.
- Gaither Sisters ; 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Black Panther Party--Juvenile fiction.
- Black Panther Party.
- Sisters--Juvenile fiction.
- Sisters.
- Mothers--Juvenile fiction.
- Mothers.
- Poets--Juvenile fiction.
- Poets.
- African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
- African Americans.
- Civil rights movements--Juvenile fiction.
- Civil rights movements.
- Oakland (Calif.)--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
- Oakland (Calif.).
- Black Panther Party--Fiction.
- Sisters--Fiction.
- Mothers--Fiction.
- Poets--Fiction.
- African Americans--Fiction.
- Civil rights movements--Fiction.
- Oakland (Calif.)--History--20th century--Fiction.
- California--Oakland.
- Genre:
- Children's stories.
- Newbery Medal: Honor book -- 2011.
- Coretta Scott King Award (Author): Winner -- 2011.
- Novels.
- Historical fiction.
- Fiction.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, 2011.
- Dust jackets (Binding) -- 2010.
- Physical Description:
- 218 pages ; 22 cm.
- regular print
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Amistad, [2010]
- Summary:
- In the summer of 1968, after traveling 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.
- Notes:
- Sequel: P.S. Be eleven.
- A Junior Library Guild selection
- Newbery Honor Book, 2011.
- National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature, 2010.
- Scott O'Dell Award, 2011.
- Coretta Scott King Book Awards - Author, Winner, 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780060760885
- 0060760885
- 9780060760892
- 0060760893
- 9780606235556
- 0606235558
- 9780060760908
- 0060760907
- 9780329859367
- 0329859366
- OCLC:
- 319320797
- Publisher Number:
- 9780060760885 51599
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