The Resource One crazy summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia
One crazy summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 218 pages
- Note
- Sequel: P.S. Be eleven
- Isbn
- 9780060760892
- Label
- One crazy summer
- Title
- One crazy summer
- Statement of responsibility
- by Rita Williams-Garcia
- Subject
-
- Sisters -- Fiction
- Sisters -- Juvenile fiction
- Sisters
- Civil rights movements
- Mothers -- Fiction
- Newbery Medal: Honor book -- 2011
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Oakland (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Poets -- Fiction
- Black Panther Party -- Juvenile fiction
- History
- Poets -- Juvenile fiction
- African Americans
- Civil rights movements -- Fiction
- Civil rights movements -- Juvenile fiction
- Oakland (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Mothers
- Coretta Scott King Award (Author): Winner -- 2011
- Mothers -- Juvenile fiction
- Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 2010
- Juvenile works
- Fiction
- African Americans -- Fiction
- Black Panther Party
- Black Panther Party
- California -- Oakland
- Poets
- Black Panther Party -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Title
- One crazy summer
- 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.
- Awards note
-
- A Junior Library Guild selection
- Coretta Scott King Award, Author, 2011.
- Newbery Honor Book, 2011.
- National Book Award finalist, 2010
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 343581
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- [Fic]
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- Ages 9-12
- LC call number
- PZ7.W6713
- LC item number
- On 2010
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 750
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- 4
- 7
- Series statement
- Gaither sisters
- Series volume
- 0001
- Target audience
- juvenile
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/titleStatement
- by Rita Williams-Garcia
- Label
- One crazy summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia
- Note
- Sequel: P.S. Be eleven
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 5108887
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 218 pages
- Isbn
- 9780060760892
- Lccn
- 2009009293
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn319320797
- (OCoLC)319320797
Subject
- African Americans
- African Americans -- Fiction
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Black Panther Party
- Black Panther Party
- Black Panther Party -- Fiction
- Black Panther Party -- Juvenile fiction
- California -- Oakland
- Civil rights movements
- Civil rights movements -- Fiction
- Civil rights movements -- Juvenile fiction
- Coretta Scott King Award (Author): Winner -- 2011
- Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 2010
- Fiction
- History
- Juvenile works
- Mothers
- Mothers -- Fiction
- Mothers -- Juvenile fiction
- Newbery Medal: Honor book -- 2011
- Oakland (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Oakland (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Poets
- Poets -- Fiction
- Poets -- Juvenile fiction
- Sisters
- Sisters -- Fiction
- Sisters -- Juvenile fiction
- African American fiction
- African American girls
- California
- Civil Rights Movement
- Eleven-year-old girls
- First person narratives
- Girls
- Historical fiction
- Mother-deserted children
- Mothers
- Oakland, California
- Poets
- Sisters
- Summer camps
Genre
- Coretta Scott King Award (Author): Winner
- Dust jackets (Bindings)
- Fiction
- History
- Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile works
- Newbery Medal: Honor book
- African American fiction
- First person narratives
- Historical fiction
Member of
- ALA Notable Children's Books - Middle Readers Category: 2011
- Amelia Bloomer Lists - Middle Graders Fiction: 2011
- Booklist Editors' Choice - Books for Youth - Middle Readers Category: 2010
- Camp
- Civil Rights and Vietnam Era, 1950 on : Fiction for Grades 3-5
- Coretta Scott King Award (Authors)
- Historical Fiction -- 1950s and 1960s : Fiction for Grades 6-8
- Mothers
- Parents' Choice Awards - Fiction: 2010
- School Library Journal Best Books: 2010
- Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
- Gaither sisters
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Awards of One crazy summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia- 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.
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