{"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliams-Garcia, Rita:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\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. Her novel \u003cem\u003eClayton Byrd Goes Underground\u003c\/em\u003e was a National Book Award finalist and winner of the NAACP Image Award for Youth\/Teen Literature. Rita is also the author of five other distinguished novels 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\u003e Best Children's Book), \u003cem\u003eFast Talk on a Slow Track\u003c\/em\u003e (all ALA Best Books for Young Adults); and \u003cem\u003eBlue Tights\u003c\/em\u003e. Rita Williams-Garcia lives in Jamaica, New York, with her husband and has two adult daughters. You can visit her online at www.ritawg.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quill Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50615678173458,"sku":"9780060760885","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5a749cc2-1a09-4df6-8688-e1959ff343d1.jpg?v=1732498579","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/one-crazy-summer-a-newbery-honor-award-winner-9780060760885","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}