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One crazy summer the graphic novel

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 intrusio...

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Main Author: Williams-Garcia, Rita (Author)
Other Authors: Miller, Sharee (Illustrator) (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book Comic & Graphic Novel
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Quill Tree Books/HarperAlley, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2025]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Sisters > Juvenile fiction.
Mothers > Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Juvenile fiction.
Poets > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Civil rights movements > Juvenile fiction.
Oakland (Calif.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Historical comics > Juvenile.
Domestic comics > Juvenile.
Graphic novel adaptations > Juvenile.
Graphic novels > Juvenile.
Comics (Graphic works) > Juvenile.
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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.
Item Description:"Adapted from the Newberry Honor Book and National Book Award Finalist."
Physical Description:299 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
ISBN:9780062935595
0062935593
Author Notes:Rita Williams-Garcia graduated from Hofstra University. She has written several books including Blue Tights, Every Time a Rainbow Dies, Fast Talk on a Slow Track, One Crazy Summer, and No Laughter Here. Like Sisters on the Homefront was named a Coretta Scott King Honor Book. She won the PEN/Norma Klein Award. She currently teaches at the Vermont College of Fine Arts in the Writing for Children and Young Adults Program. She won the Coretta Scott King awards in 2016 with her title Gone Crazy in Alabama in the author category.

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