{"product_id":"one-crazy-summer-by-rita-williams-garcia","title":"One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams Garcia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis moving, funny novel won the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction and the Coretta Scott King Award and was a National Book Award Finalist. Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern's story continues in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eP.S. Be Eleven\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGone Crazy in Alabama\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReaders who enjoy Christopher Paul Curtis's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Watsons Go to Birmingham \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand Jacqueline Woodson’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBrown Girl Dreaming \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewill find much to love in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOne Crazy Summer.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRita Williams-Garcia's books about Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern can also be read alongside nonfiction explorations of American history such as Jason Reynolds's and Ibram X. Kendi's books.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOne Crazy Summer,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e eleven-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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhile 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis novel was the first featured title for Marley D’s Reading Party, launched after the success of #1000BlackGirlBooks. Maria Russo, in a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e list of \"great kids' books with diverse characters,\" called it \"witty and original.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Spine Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50814198645017,"sku":"98645017","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0740\/8399\/1833\/files\/91TVUi6-elL._SL1500.jpg?v=1747851964","url":"https:\/\/thespinebookshop.com\/products\/one-crazy-summer-by-rita-williams-garcia","provider":"The Spine Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}