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One Crazy Summer [Large Print]

Author: Williams-Garcia, Rita

Follett Number: 1332WU5
Audience: Middle School
Publisher: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, c2010, p2018
Format: 267 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
ISBN-13: 978-1-43286-033-2
ISBN-10: 1-43286-033-X
LCCN: 2018-043538
Dewey: -Fic-
Classifications: Large Print; Fiction

Subjects:
African Americans Fiction
Black Panther Party Fiction
Civil Rights Movements Fiction
Large Type Books
Mothers Fiction
Oakland (Calif.) History 20th Century Fiction
Poets Fiction
Sisters Fiction
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.

From the publisher:
A New York Times Bestselling AuthorA Newbery Honor BookEleven-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.Grades 4-7 | Ages 8-12 | Lexile 750

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