Did I get your attention? Well, I hope so! This is actually the title of the first book that I read this summer. I chose it because it has received the following accolades:
... Wow! I also thought that the title made it a good place to start. One Crazy Summer was written by Rita Williams-Garcia. The story takes place in 1968 and tells of three African American sisters who leave Brooklyn to visit their mother in Oakland, California for the summer. They live with their father and grandmother and the trip to California is strangely disconserting since their mother abandoned them many years earlier. When the girls arrive in California, their mother does not greet them as one would expect and the story leads the reader through a tumultuous relationship and an interesting summer camp run by the Black Panthers. Check out this book and take some time to research the true events surrounding this time period.
2011 Coretta Scott King Award Winner
2011 Newbery Honor Book
2011 Scott O’Dell Prize for Historical Fiction
2010 National Book Award Finalist
Junior Library Guild Selection
Texas Library Association Best Book for 2010
July 7, 2011 at 12:21 PM
Bonnie, Are you reading any Blue Bonnets this summer? This spring my class read The Strange Case of the Origami Yoda, The Buddy Files: The Case of the Lost Boy, and Wild Times at the Bed and Biscuit. I've glanced at the picture books and plan to read The Witch’s Guide to Cooking with Children and The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity later this summer. Happy reading! -James
August 13, 2011 at 2:24 PM
I have read all of the bluebonnet nominees and enjoyed many of them. I have had an unusual summer, but plan to blog about other great books that I enjoyed this summer. Hopefully we can start some good conversations about books here over the next few weeks.