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Un Verano Loco: One Crazy Summer (Spanish Edition)

AUTHOR Torres, Yvette; Williams-Garcia, Rita
PUBLISHER Quill Tree Books (03/12/2024)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)

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The Spanish-language edition of the beloved Newbery Honor-winning novel about three sisters who travel to Oakland, California, in 1968 to meet the mother who abandoned them, from award-winning author Rita Williams-Garcia!

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 moving, funny novel won the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction and the Coretta Scott King Award and was a National Book Award finalist.

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ISBN-13: 9780063079304
ISBN-10: 0063079305
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: Spanish
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Page Count: 256
Carton Quantity: 96
Product Dimensions: 5.10 x 0.70 x 6.90 inches
Weight: 0.35 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Price on Product, Ikids
Country of Origin: US
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BISAC Categories
Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational
Juvenile Fiction | African American & Black
Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism
Grade Level: 3rd Grade - 7th Grade
Dewey Decimal: FIC
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The Spanish-language edition of the beloved Newbery Honor-winning novel about three sisters who travel to Oakland, California, in 1968 to meet the mother who abandoned them, from award-winning author Rita Williams-Garcia!

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 moving, funny novel won the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction and the Coretta Scott King Award and was a National Book Award finalist.

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