TheGaithersistersareatitagain!AsequeltotheNewberyHonorBookOneCrazySummer,thisCorettaScottKingAward-winningnovelwillfindahomeintheheartsofreaderswholovedBrownGirlDreamingandAsBraveasYou.AfterspendingthesummerinOakland,California,withtheirmotherandtheBlackPanthers,Delphine,Vonetta,andFernarrivehomewithanewfoundstreakofindependence.Thatdoesn’tsitwellwithBigMa,whodoesn’tlikethewaythingsarechanging.NeitherdoesDelphine.Pahasanewgirlfriend.UncleDarnellcomeshomefromVietnam,buthe’snotthesame.Andhernewsixth-gradeteacherisn’tthefun,stylishMissHoneywell--it’sMr.Mwila,asternexchangeteacherfromZambia.Buttheonethingthatdoesn’tchangeduringthisturbulentyearistheadvicethatDelphinereceivesfromhermother,whoremindshernottogrowuptoofast.Tobeelevenwhileshecan.ReaderswhoenjoyChristopherPaulCurtis’sTheWatsonsGotoBirminghamandJacquelineWoodson’sBrownGirlDreamingwillfindmuchtoloveinthisbook.RitaWilliams-Garcia’sbooksaboutDelphine,Vonetta,andFerncanalsobereadalongsidenonfictionexplorationsofAmericanhistorysuchasJasonReynolds’sandIbramX.Kendi’sbooks.Eachhumorous,unforgettablestoryinthistrilogyfollowsthesistersastheygrowupduringoneofthemosttumultuouserasinrecentAmericanhistory,the1960s.Readtheadventuresofeleven-year-oldDelphineandheryoungersisters,VonettaandFern,astheyvisittheirkinallovertherapidlychangingnation--andastheydiscoverthatthebondsoffamily,andtheirownstrength,rundeeperthantheyeverknewpossible.“TheGaithersistersareanirresistibletrio.Williams-GarciaexcelsatconveyingdefiningmomentsofAmericansocietyfromtheirpointofview.“--PublishersWeekly(starredreview)
