The Gaither sisters are at it again! A sequel to the Newbery Honor
Book One Crazy Summer, this Coretta Scott King Award-winning novel
will find a home in the hearts of readers who loved Brown Girl
Dreaming and As Brave as You.
After spending the summer in Oakland, California, with their mother and
the Black Panthers, Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern arrive home with a
newfound streak of independence. That doesn't sit well with Big Ma, who
doesn't like the way things are changing.
Neither does Delphine. Pa has a new girlfriend. Uncle Darnell comes home
from Vietnam, but he's not the same. And her new sixth-grade teacher
isn't the fun, stylish Miss Honeywell--it's Mr. Mwila, a stern exchange
teacher from Zambia.
But the one thing that doesn't change during this turbulent year is the
advice that Delphine receives from her mother, who reminds her not to
grow up too fast. To be eleven while she can.
Readers who enjoy Christopher Paul Curtis's The Watsons Go to
Birmingham and Jacqueline Woodson's Brown Girl Dreaming will find
much to love in this book. Rita 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.
Each humorous, unforgettable story in this trilogy follows the sisters
as they grow up during one of the most tumultuous eras in recent
American history, the 1960s. Read the adventures of eleven-year-old
Delphine and her younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern, as they visit their
kin all over the rapidly changing nation--and as they discover that the
bonds of family, and their own strength, run deeper than they ever knew
possible.
**"The Gaither sisters are an irresistible trio. Williams-Garcia excels
at conveying defining moments of American society from their point of
view." --**Publishers Weekly (starred review)
