One Crazy Summer (2010) (edit title/settings)

Maria edited the summary of One Crazy Summer Sunday, April 7, 2013.

• Three sisters head offSynopsis/Annotation:

  Eleven-year-old Delphine has it together. Even though her mother, Cecile, abandoned her and her younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern, seven years ago. Even though her father and Big Ma will send them from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, from Brooklyn, New Yorkto stay with Cecile for the summer. And even though Delphine will have to meettake care of her sisters, as usual, and learn the truth about the missing pieces of the past.
  When the girls arrive in Oakland in the mother who abandonedsummer of 1968, Cecile wants nothing to do with them. She makes them when they were very young. They plan on meeting a lady who takeseat Chinese takeout dinners, forbids them on adventures, but ends up goingto a lady dressed inenter her kitchen, and never explains the strange visitors with Afros and black all the time,berets who knock on her door. Rather than spend time with a secret was allowedthem, Cecile sends Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern to go to, nota single home-cooked meal, and free breakfast andsummer camp activities atsponsored by a group calledrevolutionary group, the black panthers. Cecile might not be the wonder mom of their dreams, butBlack Panthers, where the girls doget a little ounceradical new education.
  Set during one of the fun they wanted to get, being around California. they figure out things about freedom, and lovemost tumultuous years in recent American history, One Crazy Summer is the heartbreaking, funny tale of three girls in search of what you have and more, this isthe mother who abandoned them — an unforgettable story told by a story about familydistinguished author of books for children and how not everything is what it seems.teens, Rita Williams-Garcia.

  From: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/one-crazy-summer

Amani edited the summary of One Crazy Summer Friday, March 22, 2013.

• Three sisters head off to California, from Brooklyn, New York to meet the mother who abandoned them when they were very young. They plan on meeting a lady who takes them on adventures, but ends up going to a lady dressed in black all the time, with a secret nobodywas allowed to go to, not a single home-cooked meal, and free breakfast and camp activities at a group called the black panthers. Cecile might not be the wonder mom of their dreams, but the girls do get a little ounce of the fun they wanted to get, being around California. they figure out things about freedom, and love of what you have and more, this is a story about family and how not everything is what it seems.

Amani edited the summary of One Crazy Summer Friday, March 22, 2013.

• threeThree sisters head off to California, from Brooklyn, New York to meet the mother who abandoned them when they were very young. theyThey plan on meeting a lady who takes them on adventures, but ends up going to a lady dressed in black all the time, with a secret kitchennobody was allowed to go to, not a single home-cooked meal, and free breakfast and camp activities at a group called the black panthers. the momCecile might not be the wonder mom of their dreams, but the girls do get a little ounce of the fun they wanted to get, being around California. they figure out things about freedom, and love of what you have and more, this is a story about family.family and how not everything is what it seems.

Nila 711 edited the summary of One Crazy Summer Monday, October 17, 2011.

• three sisters head off to California, from Brooklyn, New York to meet the mother who abandoned them when they were very young. they plan on meeting a lady who takes them on adventures, but ends up going to a lady dressed in black all the time, with a secret kitchen nobody was allowed to go to, not a single home-cooked meal, and free breakfast and camp activities at a group called the black panthers. the mom might not be the wonder mom of their dreams, but the girls do get a little ounce of the fun they wanted to get, being around California. they figure out things about freedom, and love of what you have and more, this is a story about family.