The Resource One crazy summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia
One crazy summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia
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Resource Information
The item One crazy summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Coweta Public Library System.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Label
- One crazy summer
- Title
- One crazy summer
- Statement of responsibility
- by Rita Williams-Garcia
- Subject
-
- trueHistorical fiction
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Oakland (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- trueGirls
- Black Panther Party -- Juvenile fiction
- truePoets
- Poets -- Juvenile fiction
- trueAfrican American fiction
- trueOakland, California
- Sisters -- Juvenile fiction
- trueAfrican American girls
- trueEleven-year-old girls
- trueSisters
- Civil rights movements -- Juvenile fiction
- trueCivil Rights Movement
- trueMother-deserted children
- trueSummer camps
- trueCalifornia
- Mothers -- Juvenile fiction
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueBlack Panther Party
- trueMothers
- true1960s -- 1960 -- 1969
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Summary
- 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
- Award
-
- ALA Notable Children's Book, 2011
- Amelia Bloomer List, 2011
- Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2010
- Coretta Scott King Award, Author Category, 2011.
- Parents' Choice Award for Fiction, 2010.
- School Library Journal Best Books: 2010
- Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award, 2011.
- School Library Journal Best Books, 2010.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 343581
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- 750
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 750
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
-
- 4
- 7
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Gaither sisters
- Series volume
- 0001
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- One crazy summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 218 p.
- Isbn
- 9780060760885
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2009009293
- System control number
- (OCoLC)319320797
- Label
- One crazy summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 218 p.
- Isbn
- 9780060760885
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2009009293
- System control number
- (OCoLC)319320797
Subject
- true1960s -- 1960 -- 1969
- trueAfrican American fiction
- trueAfrican American girls
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- trueBlack Panther Party
- Black Panther Party -- Juvenile fiction
- trueCalifornia
- trueCivil Rights Movement
- Civil rights movements -- Juvenile fiction
- trueEleven-year-old girls
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueGirls
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueMother-deserted children
- trueMothers
- Mothers -- Juvenile fiction
- Oakland (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- trueOakland, California
- truePoets
- Poets -- Juvenile fiction
- trueSisters
- Sisters -- Juvenile fiction
- trueSummer camps
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Member of
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- trueALA Notable Children's Books - Middle Readers Category: 2011
- trueAmelia Bloomer Lists - Middle Graders Fiction: 2011
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Books for Youth - Middle Readers Category: 2010
- trueCamp
- trueCivil Rights and Vietnam Era, 1950s to 1970s : Fiction for Grades 3-5
- trueCoretta Scott King Award (Authors)
- trueHistorical Fiction -- 1950s and 1960s : Fiction for Grades 6-8
- trueMothers
- trueSchool Library Journal Best Books: 2010
- trueScott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
- Award
- ALA Notable Children's Book, 2011
- Award
- Amelia Bloomer List, 2011
- Award
- Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2010
- Award
- Coretta Scott King Award, Author Category, 2011.
- Award
- Parents' Choice Award for Fiction, 2010.
- Award
- School Library Journal Best Books: 2010
- Award
- Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award, 2011.
- Award
- School Library Journal Best Books, 2010.
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