Publishers Weekly (starred review) Coretta Scott King Award winner * ALA Notable Book * School Library Journal Best Book of the Year * Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year * ALA Booklist Editors Choice * Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year * Washington Post Best Books of the Year * The Bulletin of the Center for Childrens Books Blue Ribbon Book * Three starred reviews * CCBC Choice * New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing * Amazon Best Book of the Year Review Quotes This well-crafted depiction of a close-knit community in rural Alabama works beautifully, with language that captures its humor, sorrow and resilience. Williams-Garcia excels at conveying defining moments of American society from their point of view. The Gaither sisters are an irresistible trio. 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. 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. Rita Williams-Garcias books about Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern can also be read alongside nonfiction explorations of American history such as Jason Reynoldss and Ibram X. Readers who enjoy Christopher Paul Curtiss The Watsons Go to Birmingham and Jacqueline Woodsons Brown Girl Dreaming will find much to love in this book. Be Eleven will be enjoyed by fans of the first two books, as well as by readers meeting these memorable sisters for the first time. Powerful and humorous, this companion to the award-winning One Crazy Summer and P.S. But when tragedy strikes, Delphine discovers that the bonds of family run deeper than she ever knew possible. As Delphine hears about her family history, she uncovers the surprising truth thats been keeping the sisters apart. The two half sisters havent spoken in years.
Across the way lives Ma Charless half sister, Miss Trotter. Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern are off to Alabama to visit their grandmother Big Ma and her mother, Ma Charles. Book Synopsis The Coretta Scott King Award-winning Gone Crazy in Alabama by Newbery Honor and New York Times bestselling author Rita Williams-Garcia tells the story of the Gaither sisters as they travel from the streets of Brooklyn to the rural South for the summer of a lifetime. About the Book Companion to One crazy summer and P.S.
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