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Length6h 10m
About this audiobook
The Gaither sisters are at it again! A sequel to the Newbery Honor Book One Crazy Summer, this Coretta Scott King Award-winning novel will find a home in the hearts of readers who loved Brown Girl Dreaming and As Brave as You.
After spending the summer in Oakland, California, with their mother and the Black Panthers, Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern arrive home with a newfound streak of independence. That doesn't sit well with Big Ma, who doesn't like the way things are changing.
Neither does Delphine. Pa has a new girlfriend. Uncle Darnell comes home from Vietnam, but he's not the same. And her new sixth-grade teacher isn't the fun, stylish Miss Honeywell—it's Mr. Mwila, a stern exchange teacher from Zambia.
But the one thing that doesn't change during this turbulent year is the advice that Delphine receives from her mother, who reminds her not to grow up too fast. To be eleven while she can.
Readers who enjoy Christopher Paul Curtis's The Watsons Go to Birmingham and
Jacqueline Woodson’s Brown
Girl Dreaming will find much to love in this book. Rita
Williams-Garcia's books about Delphine,
Vonetta, and Fern can also be read alongside nonfiction explorations of
American history such as Jason Reynolds's and Ibram X. Kendi's books.
Each
humorous, unforgettable story in this trilogy follows the sisters as they grow
up during one of the most tumultuous eras in recent American history, the
1960s. Read the adventures of eleven-year-old Delphine and her younger sisters,
Vonetta and Fern, as they visit their kin all over the rapidly changing
nation—and as they discover that the bonds of family, and their own strength,
run deeper than they ever knew possible.
“The
Gaither sisters are an irresistible trio. Williams-Garcia excels at conveying
defining moments of American society from their point of view.” —Publishers
Weekly (starred review)
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.3 (9.3K)
Includes Goodreads, Amazon, StoryGraph, LibraryThing
GenreChildren's Literature
Length6 hrs 10 mins
Narrated bySisi Aisha Johnson
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateMay 21, 2013
LanguageEnglish
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