One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia, 218 pagesEleven-year-old Delphine is a responsible, no-nonsense girl, which should come in handy as she and her two younger sisters travel across the country to visit the mother they haven't seen in seven years. The reunion doesn't bode well, as their mother seems much more interested in doing her own thing than in getting to know her daughters. Delphine and her sisters soon learn that their mother is deeply involved with the Black Panthers, making Delphine worry about their safety while also making her deeply curious about her mother.
This outstanding middle-grade novel won the Coretta Scott King Award in 2011, and there's no wonder why. This book illustrates the Black Panther movement in a way that is rarely discussed in schools, in part because it focuses on the kids that saw the movement taking shape. It's a great book, and I'll be recommending it to everyone I meet.
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