Cecile is her mother's name, but she calls herself Nzila now that she is an artist/poet in Oakland, California. Her father insisted that Delphine and her sisters will have to spend a month of their summer with their mother. All Delphine wants is to know the truth behind why her mother abandoned the family.
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia is a beautiful historical novel of a non- typical family reunion. Set in the 1960s during the Black Panther movement, three girls set off for what they think will be a sunny, Disneyland, movie star filled summer of fun, but what they get is something else.
For readers in 6th-8th grade.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
A FAMILY REUNION THEY DIDN'T WANT
Labels:
1960s,
Black Panthers,
black power,
California,
historical fiction,
mothers,
mothers and daughters,
poetry,
poets,
sisters,
summer
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