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One Crazy Summer (Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction (Awards))

By Rita Williams-Garcia

8 ratings12 reviews13 followers

Eleven-year-old Delphine has it together. Even though her mother, Cecile, abandoned her and her younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern, seven years ago. Even though her father and B... (more)

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12 Book Reviews

sowe4/12/2013
Thanks for reading it to us i liked it a lot!!!!!!!!
Christina Welch4/8/2013 3 stars
One Crazy Summer is about three sisters who travel to Oakland, California to visit their mother who left them when they were young. It takes place in the 1960s during the Civil Rights Movement. Their poet mother is not very friendly to the girls and doesn't seem to want them around. The sisters spend their days at a community center where they meet and are influenced by the Black Panthers. I loved the author's style of writing. She described events and characters in such a vivid and unique way. I found myself thinking that I would have never thought to describe things the way she did! It really created some memorable images for me. I also liked that it was a historical fiction book because I learned a lot about the Black Panthers.
beachlova1233/13/2013 4 stars
this is a really good book!
kbin2/24/2013
This is a good book.
snew2/21/2013
One Crazy Summer is a great book! Is takes place in the civil rights movement. The three girls go to there real moms house. And there mother dosen't really care about them. You can figure out the rest!
cutehermi2/1/2013 4 stars
it told about some kid in school life, friends which everybody will hope to read, agree and live with it!
iconicdreams1/7/2013 5 stars
everything is so unreal its like the weirdest story ever yet so good at the same time it so exiting and apealing as you readmore
boulder9/2/2012
I heard this is super good. I really want to read it. What is it about again???? I forgot what its about?
Kyran 7/8/2012
I got this book from my local school book fair and it trned out to be great!!!! This author writes books so great, its like she actually put her heart into it. Its almost like, inexplainable how well it is writen. This is like my most al time fav book!!!!
sweeite6/19/2012
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