{"product_id":"one-crazy-summer-a-newbery-honor-award-winner-9780060760885","title":"One Crazy Summer: A Newbery Honor Award Winner","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this Newbery Honor novel, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Rita Williams-Garcia tells the story of three sisters who travel to Oakland, California, in 1968 to meet the mother who abandoned them. A strong option for summer reading--take this book along on a family road trip or enjoy it at home.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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 \u003cem\u003eP.S. Be Eleven\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGone Crazy in Alabama\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders who enjoy Christopher Paul Curtis's \u003cem\u003eThe Watsons Go to Birmingham \u003c\/em\u003eand Jacqueline Woodson's \u003cem\u003eBrown Girl Dreaming \u003c\/em\u003ewill find much to love in \u003cem\u003eOne Crazy Summer. \u003c\/em\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eOne Crazy Summer, \u003c\/em\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis novel was the first featured title for Marley D's Reading Party, launched after the success of #1000BlackGirlBooks. Maria Russo, in a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e list of \"great kids' books with diverse characters,\" called it \"witty and original.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This vibrant and moving award-winning novel has heart to spare,\" commented Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich in her Brightly article \"Knowing Our History to Build a Brighter Future: Books to Help Kids Understand the Fight for Racial Equality.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rita Williams-Garcia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Quill Tree Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/26\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.70w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060760885\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.6\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e135338 \/ One Crazy Summer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Awards - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/04\/2010 pg. 47\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/17\/2010 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/24\/2010 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2010 pg. 61\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Review - Children\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2010 pg. 91\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2010 pg. 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorn Book Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2010 pg. 77\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVoice of Youth Advocates\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2010 - Recommended - Better Than Most\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2010 pg. 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHornbook Guide to Children\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2010 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist Ed Choice Youth\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2011 pg. 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSLJ's Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2010 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliams-Garcia, Rita:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRita Williams-Garcia\u003c\/strong\u003e's Newbery Honor Book, \u003cem\u003eOne Crazy Summer\u003c\/em\u003e, 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 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller. The two sequels, \u003cem\u003eP.S. Be Eleven\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGone Crazy in Alabama\u003c\/em\u003e, 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 \u003cem\u003eClayton Byrd Goes Underground\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eA Sitting in St. James\u003c\/em\u003e, a \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe-Horn Book\u003c\/em\u003e Award winner and \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e Book Award winner; \u003cem\u003eLike Sisters on the Homefront\u003c\/em\u003e, a Coretta Scott King Honor Book; \u003cem\u003eBlue Tights\u003c\/em\u003e; and four ALA Best Books for Young Adults: \u003cem\u003eJumped\u003c\/em\u003e, a National Book Award finalist; \u003cem\u003eNo Laughter Here\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eEvery Time a Rainbow Dies\u003c\/em\u003e, a \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/em\u003eBest Children's Book; and \u003cem\u003eFast Talk on a Slow Track\u003c\/em\u003e. Rita Williams-Garcia lives in Jamaica, New York, with her husband and has two adult daughters. 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