![]() ![]() Williams-Garcia excels at conveying defining moments of American society from their point of view-this is historical fiction that’s as full of heart as it is of heartbreak. Though the plot involves more quotidian events than the first book, the Gaither sisters are an irresistible trio. Reflecting society at large in 1968, change and conflict have the Gaither household in upheaval: Pa has a new girlfriend, Uncle Darnell returns from Vietnam a damaged young man, and the sixth-grade teacher Delphine hoped to get has been replaced by a man from Zambia. Delphine, who again narrates, loses interest in magazines like Tiger Beat and Seventeen: “When there’s Afros and black faces on the cover, I’ll buy one,” she tells a storeowner. ![]() Big Ma, their grandmother, is no longer just a stern taskmaster, she’s an oppressor. It wasn’t the California vacation they expected, but the experience rocked their world. sisters (One Crazy Summer, PS Be Eleven, and Gone Crazy in Alabama). Be Eleven Rita Williams-Garcia The Gaither sisters Delphine, who narrates their story, Vonetta, and Fern - are returning to Brooklyn after spending the summer of 1968 with their (formerly) estranged mother, Cecile, a poet who lives in Oakland, California and is active in the Black Panther Party. Delphine and her sisters return to Brooklyn from visiting their estranged mother, Cecile, a poet who sent them off every day to a camp run by the Black Panthers in Williams-Garcia’s Newbery Honor–winning One Crazy Summer. Rita Williams-Garcia is the bestselling author of novels for young adults and middle. ![]()
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