Eleven ps5/24/2023 Why did I read this book: I absolutely adored the award-winning One Crazy Summer which is one of my favourite books of all time.Ī couple of years ago I read One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia and that was a huge turning point for me. How did I get this book: I got a signed review copy at BEA Stand alone or series: Sequel to One Crazy Summer Be Eleven stands on its own as a funny, moving story of three sisters coming of age in the turbulent 1960s. The sequel to the Newbery Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Award winner One Crazy Summer, P.S. Through letters, Delphine pours her heart out and receives some constant advice: to be eleven while she can. The one person she confides in is her mother, Cecile. Besides her sisters, Delphine’s got plenty of other things to worry about-like starting sixth grade, being the tallest girl in her class, and dreading the upcoming school dance (her first). That’s much harder now that Vonetta and Fern refuse to be bossed around. But Big Ma still expects Delphine to keep her sisters in line. Uncle Darnell returns from Vietnam a different man. In this exquisite sequel to the New York Times bestseller One Crazy Summer, the Gaither sisters return to Brooklyn and find that changes large and small have come to their home.Īfter spending the summer in Oakland with their mother and the Black Panthers, Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern arrive home with a newfound streak of independence, and the sisters aren’t the only ones who have changed.
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