Title: One Crazy Summer
Author: Rita Williams-Garcia
Genre: fiction
Sub genre: chapter book
Theme: Abandonment, family, racism, the Black Panthers
Characters: Delphine,her sisters, Vonetta, and Fern
Awards: Coretta Scott King
Publication Date: 2010
Publishing Company: Harper Collins
Summary: Delphine is an eleven year old girl who is the now mother of her two younger sisters. Their father still takes care of them, but the younger ones can't even remember their mother. The girls' father put them on a plane across the country to live with their mother for the summer. The girls dream of all the things they will be doing with their mother. They soon come to find out that their mother is not what they were expecting to be.
I would use this book during black history month. There are many historical references, and it would be a great reference to learn about black history.
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