I read One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia because it was one of the Newbery honor books for 2011. The story takes place in the 1960s and follows three young black girls whose father send them across the country to meet their mother for the first time. They attend a day camp sponsored by the Blank Panthers, travel to San Francisco to have an adventure, and try to get to know their distant, poet mother.
I really enjoyed this book. It was very well written with great details and entertaining and distinct characters. The three sisters were each so funny and unique, and I loved them as characters. The only reason I'm not giving the book 3 stars is that I wasn't wild about the story itself--just not incredibly engaging on its own.
Rating: * * (2/3 = Liked it)
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