The Resource One crazy summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia
One crazy summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Label
- One crazy summer
- Title
- One crazy summer
- Statement of responsibility
- by Rita Williams-Garcia
- Subject
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- trueBlack Panther Party
- trueAfrican American fiction
- trueAfrican American girls
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Black Panther Party -- Juvenile fiction
- trueCalifornia
- trueChildren's stories
- trueCivil Rights Movement
- Civil rights movements -- Juvenile fiction
- trueEleven-year-old girls
- Fiction
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueGirls
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueMother-deserted children
- trueMothers
- Mothers -- Juvenile fiction
- Oakland (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- trueOakland, California
- truePoets
- Poets -- Juvenile fiction
- trueSisters
- Sisters -- Juvenile fiction
- trueSummer camps
- true1960s -- 1960 -- 1969
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Summary
- 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
- Award
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- ALA Notable Children's Book, 2011
- Amelia Bloomer List, 2011
- Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2010
- Coretta Scott King Award, Author Category, 2011.
- School Library Journal Best Books, 2010.
- Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award, 2011.
- Awards note
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- A Junior Library Guild selection.
- Coretta Scott King Award, Author, 2011.
- Newbery Honor Book, 2011.
- National Book Award finalist, 2010.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 343581
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Williams-Garcia, Rita
- Dewey number
- 823.92
- Index
- no index present
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 750
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- 4
- 7
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Gaither sisters
- Series volume
- 0001
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Black Panther Party
- Sisters
- Mothers
- Poets
- African Americans
- Civil rights movements
- Children's stories
- Oakland (Calif.)
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- One crazy summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- 218, 13 p.
- Isbn
- 9780060760908
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- System control number
- (Sirsi) i9780060760908
- Label
- One crazy summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- 218, 13 p.
- Isbn
- 9780060760908
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- System control number
- (Sirsi) i9780060760908
Subject
- trueBlack Panther Party
- trueAfrican American fiction
- trueAfrican American girls
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Black Panther Party -- Juvenile fiction
- trueCalifornia
- trueChildren's stories
- trueCivil Rights Movement
- Civil rights movements -- Juvenile fiction
- trueEleven-year-old girls
- Fiction
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueGirls
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueMother-deserted children
- trueMothers
- Mothers -- Juvenile fiction
- Oakland (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- trueOakland, California
- truePoets
- Poets -- Juvenile fiction
- trueSisters
- Sisters -- Juvenile fiction
- trueSummer camps
- true1960s -- 1960 -- 1969
Genre
Member of
Included in
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Books for Youth - Middle Readers Category: 2010
- trueALA Notable Children's Books - Middle Readers Category: 2011
- trueCoretta Scott King Award (Authors)
- trueSocial Justice
- trueCamp
- trueAmelia Bloomer Lists - Middle Graders Fiction: 2011
- trueHistorical Fiction -- 1950s and 1960s : Fiction for Grades 6-8
- trueMothers
- trueSchool Library Journal Best Books: 2010
- trueScott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
- trueCivil Rights and Vietnam Era, 1950s to 1970s : Fiction for Grades 3-5
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
- Award
- ALA Notable Children's Book, 2011
- Award
- Amelia Bloomer List, 2011
- Award
- Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2010
- Award
- Coretta Scott King Award, Author Category, 2011.
- Award
- School Library Journal Best Books, 2010.
- Award
- Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award, 2011.
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