One Crazy Summer (The Graphic Novel)
by Rita Williams-Garcia
Quill Tree Books (May 06, 2025)
Fiction, Paperback, 304 pages
Target Age Group: Middle Grade
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Description of One Crazy Summer (The Graphic Novel) by Rita Williams-Garcia
“I wish I didn’t know that I was marching my sisters into a boiling pot of trouble cooking in Oakland…”
Eleven-year-old Delphine is like a mother to her two younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern. She’s had to be, ever since their mother, Cecile, left them seven years ago for a radical new life in California.
But when the sisters arrive from Brooklyn to spend the summer with their mother in Oakland, Cecile is nothing like they imagined. While the girls hope to go to Disneyland and meet Tinker Bell, their mother sends them to a day camp run by the Black Panthers.
Unexpectedly, Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern learn much about their family, their country, and themselves during one truly crazy summer.
This beloved Newbery Honor Book, National Book Award finalist, and Coretta Scott King Award–winning novel about the three unforgettable Gaither sisters has been adapted into a beautiful full-color graphic novel for a new generation, with vibrant art by Sharee Miller.

Additional Book Information:
- ISBN: 9780062935588
- Imprint: Quill Tree Books
- Publisher: HarperCollins
- Parent Company: News Corp
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