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One Crazy Summer

by Rita Williams-Garcia

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Series: Gaither Sisters Trilogy (1)

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In the summer of 1968, after travelling 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.… (more)
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    The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis (BookshelfMonstrosity)
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    Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush by Virginia Hamilton (kaledrina)
    kaledrina: Similar relationships of main character to mother.
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    P.S. Be Eleven by Rita Williams-Garcia (CurrerBell)
    CurrerBell: P.S. Be Eleven is the sequel to One Crazy Summer.
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    The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon (BookshelfMonstrosity)
    BookshelfMonstrosity: Although The Rock and the River has a more serious tone, both of these historical novels show the emotionally intense struggle for civil rights--particularly the split in families--between those siding with the Black Panthers and those promoting nonviolence.… (more)
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    Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor (CurrerBell)
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I fell in love with a family in this book, and the feeling persisted through the next two novels, "P.S. Be Eleven" and "Gone Crazy in Alabama." I wish there was more to the saga! I am white and I grew up in Detroit in the 1960s. This book helped me understand how differently black girls lived than I did and gave me some important cultural clues that help me understand racial and cultural differences much better. The Gaither family remains in my heart! Thank you, Rita Williams-Garcia! ( )
  sharishaw49 | Sep 20, 2023 |
Reading Level- Grades 3-5
Awards- John Newbery Medal
  abigailcchambers | May 4, 2023 |
Reading level: Grades 5-7, Lexile 750L
Awards: (13 Total) We Are Kid Lit Collective Summer Reading List, Scott O'Dell, Coretta Scott King Awards, CCBC Choices, John Newbery Medal, Horn Book Fanfare, Lasting Connections.
  HannahAvery | May 3, 2023 |
independent reading: 9+
awards: 2011 Newbery Honor Award, Coretta Scott King Award, and Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction for her book, One Crazy Summer.
  KJ21 | May 2, 2023 |
This multi-award-winning novel takes place in California in 1968 as sisters Delphine, Venetta, and Fern, visit their mother Cecile after being abandoned by her for 7 years. On their trip, the sisters learn about their mother, who is different than the woman their grandma described them to be, and about their community while they are with the "Black Panthers," who take them to spend time at a community center at the request of their mother.
Aspects of the social studies content areas such as black culture, the civil rights movement, and racism. This book could be used to promote the discussion of race in our society today as well as the improvements that have been made since the time period described in the book. Creative writing prompts could also be created from the book. ( )
  kelly.koeper | May 1, 2023 |
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For the late Churne Lloyd, and especially for Maryhana, Kamau, Ife, and Oni
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Good thing the plane had seat belts and we'd been strapped in tight before takeoff. Without them, that last jolt would have been enough to throw Vonetta into orbit and Fern across the aisle.
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"It's just the clouds bumping...We push our way into the clouds; the clouds get mad and push back. Like you and Fern fighting over red and gold crayons."...I kept on spinning straw, making everything all right. That's mainly what I do. Keep Vonetta and Fern in line. The last thing Pa and Big Ma wanted to hear was how we made a grand Negro spectacle of ourselves thirty thousand feet up in the air around all these white people.
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In the summer of 1968, after travelling 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.

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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.
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