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Title	:	One Crazy Summer (Gaither Sisters #1)
Author	:	Rita Williams-Garcia
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 224 pages
Published	:	January 26th 2010 by Quill Tree Books
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Childrens. Middle Grade. Fiction. Young Adult. Realistic Fiction

One Crazy Summer (Gaither Sisters #1) Hardcover | Pages: 224 pages

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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.

In a humorous and breakout book by Williams-Garcia, the Penderwicks meet the Black Panthers.

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Original Title:	One Crazy Summer
ISBN:	0060760885 (ISBN13: 9780060760885)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Gaither Sisters #1
Characters:	Delphine Gaither, Fern Gaither, Vonetta Gaither, Big Ma, Pa Gaither, Cecile Johnson
Literary Awards:	Newbery Medal Nominee (2011), Scott O'Dell Award (2011), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (2012), Coretta Scott King Book Award for Author (2011), California Young Readers Medal Nominee for Middle School/Junior High (2014) Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature Nominee (2011), National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature (2010), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee (2010), Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee (2013)

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This didn't just blow my socks off; it blew them through space and time. This book was a TOTAL SOCK-OBLITERATING EXPERIENCE.11-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters are sent to Oakland from Brooklyn for a month during the summer of 1968 to meet their mother, Cecile, who walked out when the youngest was a newborn. Turns out Cecile, who now goes by Nzila, wants nothing to do with her daughters (who live with their dad and grandmother) -- she's now a poet and an associate of the Black

This is one of those "one more chapter and then I'l...(clean the kitchen, throw some clothes in the washer, take a shower, etc...)" kind of books. I loved it. I think Rita Williams-Garcia is a fantastic writer and she derserves all the awards and honors she got for this book. This is the first book of hers book I've read but it won't be the last. The story is fascinating (3 girls travel to California during the summer of 1968 to stay with the mother who abandoned them years before) and the

I am reviewing the author instead of the book.Rita Williams-Garcia is deeply committed to her work and her readers. I offered this book to my students because it had strong reviews and my students seemed interested in it. When we started reading it, my 6th grade students raised some questions about the words "colored," "black," and "Negro" that appear in the book. I answered the questions as best I could, but then I thought, hey, what does the author think these words mean?I searched for

I really enjoyed this historical fiction novel because of the history I learned. It centered mostly on the Black Panthers in the late 1960s, which I knew little about. The author incorporated many tools to really show/teach the time period. As for the fiction side, I liked that it came from the perspective of children who knew little about the Black Panthers, and also went on an adventure to discover more about their mother. Another thing I enjoyed about the book was the many historical people

Delphine(11), Vonetta(9), and Fern(7) are sent to spend a month in the summer with their mother, Cecile, who abandoned them when Fern was just an infant. Delphine is in charge of herding the girls across country from Brooklyn to Oakland and making sure the younger sisters behave and dont act like a big Negro spectacle. Upon arrival Cecile immediately lets the girls know that she doesnt want them there and that they better not bother her peace and quiet. Instead of spending time with them, she

Wow, what a trip, as we used to say back in 68. Did this ever bring me back to the summer of 1968! I was not an African-American eleven year old girl visiting Oakland, but I was a fourteen year old white Jewish girl across the bay living in San Francisco. There was a chapter that takes place in San Francisco.So, the author got one thing wrong about Oakland (no, there are no hills at all in that part of town) and maybe one thing about San Francisco wrong: I dont think there were palm trees in

Important topic? YesWriting? FabulousCharacters? EngagingNewbery material? Well, I suppose since adults are the ones to vote, then yes. Probably. But if kids were voting, I'm not sure this book would make the Newbery radar. I started reading it to my kids and ended up finishing it myself. Normally when kids have an awful, self-centered mother or parent figure in children's literature, there is a candy house or 7 little men to make up for it. Not so in this book. Cecile never seemed to come