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2010

Format:	Book
Author:	Williams-Garcia, Rita.
Title:	One crazy summer / by Rita Williams-Garcia.
Edition:	1st edition.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Amistad, ©2010.
Description:	218 pages
Summary:	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.
Target Audience Note:	Ages 9-12. 750L Lexile.
Series:	Gaither Sisters ; 1 Gaither Sisters ; 1.
Subjects:	Black Panther Party -- Juvenile fiction. Black Panther Party -- Fiction. Black Panther Party. Black Panther Party -- Fiction. 1900-2099 Sisters -- Juvenile fiction. Mothers -- Juvenile fiction. Poets -- Juvenile fiction. African Americans -- Juvenile fiction. Civil rights movements -- Juvenile fiction. Children's stories, American -- 21st century. Sisters -- Fiction. Mothers -- Fiction. Poets -- Fiction. African Americans -- Fiction. Civil rights movements -- Fiction. African Americans. Civil rights movements. Mothers. Poets. Sisters. Mothers -- Fiction. African Americans -- Fiction. Children's stories, American. Oakland (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction. Oakland (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction. California -- Oakland. California -- History -- Fiction.
Genre:	Children's stories. Newbery Medal: Honor book -- 2011. Coretta Scott King Award (Author): Winner -- 2011. Novels. Historical fiction. Fiction. History. Juvenile works. Historical fiction. Historical fiction. Novels. Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 2010.
Notes:	Sequel: P.S. Be eleven. Accelerated Reader Middle Grades 4.6 7.0 Quiz: 135338. Reading Counts 3-5 4.6 11.0 Quiz: 48832. A Junior Library Guild selection Coretta Scott King Award, Author, 2011. Newbery Honor Book, 2011 National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature, 2010. Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, 2011.
Web Site:	Web Link Additional information at Google Books
LCCN:	2009009293
ISBN:	0060760885 9780060760885 0060760893 9780060760892 0606235558 9780606235556 0060760907 9780060760908 0329859366 9780329859367 9780060760885
Other Number:	319320797
System Availability:	20
Current Holds:	0
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Control Number:	1363988
Call Number:	[Fic]
Course Reserves:	0
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