Crazy to the Z!
Title: One Crazy Summer Author: Rita Williams-Garcia Copyright: 2010 Publisher: Amistad Guided Reading Level: V Genre: Historical Fiction This book has received: The Coretta Scott King Award The Scott O'Dell Award The Newbery Honor This book was: A National Book Award Finalist Summary: This wonderfully written heartbreaking, warm, and historical novel is set in the summer of 1968. The novel depicts the confusing life of Delphine, an 11 year old strong and courageous African American girl, and her family. Delphine's mother Cecile abandoned her family when she was really young, and grew up with her father. During this "crazy summer", Delphine and her two sisters, Fern and Vonetta, are sent by their father to visit their mother in California. Delphine comes to realize that her mother really is crazy. Cecile does not even let her children eat in the kitchen! Cecile sends Delphine and her sisters to a summer camp run by the historical Black Pant...