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One Crazy Summer is a 2010 novel by author Rita Williams-Garcia. One Crazy Summer was a Newbery Meda l Honor Book in 2011.

Plot
One Crazy Summer is a story about eleven-year-old Delphine and her two sisters Vonetta and Fern. Delphine tells the story of her and her two sisters' visiting their mother Cecile the summer of 1968 in Oakland, California. Delphine lives with her father and grandmother in Brooklyn, she helps take care of her two sisters after their mother abandoned them seven years ago. Her life changes when her father decided to send her and her 2 sisters to Oakland to stay with their mother who they barely know for the summer. The sisters can't wait to arrive to Oakland, to visit Disneyland and meet movie starts. When they arrive to Oakland all their dreams sort of get crushed, their mother Cecile doesn't have time to spend on sightseeing or going to Disneyland. Instead of spending time with her daughter she sends the girls to spend the days at the People's Center, run by the Black Panthers.

Character List
Delphine Gaither-- Age 11. A responsible girl who takes care of her two younger sisters; mature and caring; narrates the story.

Vonetta Gaither-- Age 9. An attention seeking girl, outgoing and loves to perform.

Fern (Afua) Gaither-- Age 7. The youngest Gaither sister who is courageous and outspoken, she’s attached to her doll Miss Patty Cake.

Louis Gaither (Pa)-- Delphine, Vonetta and Fern;s father.

Big Ma-- Louis’s mother who has been taking care of her grandchildren since their mother left.

Darnell Gaither-- Louis’s younger brother who is fighting in the Vietnam war.

Cecile (Nzila)-- Delphine, Vonetta and Fern’s mother; a poet who moved to California; abandoned her daughters she also support the Black Panthers.

“Mean Lady” Ming-- Owner of a chinese restaurant the Gaither sisters order take out from.

“Crazy” Kelvin-- Member of the Black Panther and police informant

Sister Mukumbu: Teacher at the people’s center who involves the Gaither sisters in Black Panther Activities.

Sister Pat-- Works at the people’s center

Eunice, Janice, and Beatrice Ankton-- Three sisters who goes to the people’s center become close friends with the Gaither sisters.

Hirohito Woods-- a Japanese and African American boy who goes to the people’s center; his father was arrested for being a freedom fighter

Mrs. Woods: Hirohito’s mother; takes care of the Gaither sisters after their mother Cecile is arrested.

Awards
Newbery Meda l Honor Book in 2011