Pub Date: May 6, 2025
Dewey: 741.5973
LCCN: 2024945360
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 08 to 12
Physical Info: 0.70" H x 8.90" L x 6.00" W ( 1.40 lbs) 304 pages
Description: 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.
Brief description:
Rita Williams-Garcia's Newbery Honor Book, One Crazy Summer, was a winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award, a National Book Award finalist, the recipient of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, and a New York Times bestseller. The two sequels, P.S. Be Eleven and Gone Crazy in Alabama, were both Coretta Scott King Author Award winners and ALA Notable Children's Books. She is also the author of the NAACP Image Award-winning and National Book Award finalist Clayton Byrd Goes Underground; A Sitting in St. James, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner and Los Angeles Times Book Award winner; Like Sisters on the Homefront, a Coretta Scott King Honor Book; Blue Tights; and four ALA Best Books for Young Adults: Jumped, a National Book Award finalist; No Laughter Here; Every Time a Rainbow Dies, a Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book; and Fast Talk on a Slow Track. Rita Williams-Garcia lives in Jamaica, New York, with her husband and has two adult daughters. You can visit her online at ritawg.com.
Review Quotes:
"Retaining the lively dialogue and strong characterization of the original, this version is enhanced by the wonderfully expressive drawings and use of vibrant color. A fresh take for a beloved story." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"The story balances its sense of history with a sense of compassion...Hand this to readers interested in the civil rights movement or kiddos who've taken on lots of older sibling duties." - Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)
"The -personal is profoundly political, and a specific experience feels universally meaningful in this fantastic graphic novel." - School Library Journal (starred review)
"An important coming-of-age work on social justice, community, family, and forgiveness." - Booklist