<p><strong>In this Newbery Honor novel, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author Rita Williams-Garcia tells the story of three sisters who travel to Oakland, California, in 1968 to meet the mother who abandoned them. A strong option for summer reading—take this book along on a family road trip or enjoy it at home.</strong></p><p>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. Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern''s story continues in <em>P.S. Be Eleven</em> and <em>Gone Crazy in Alabama</em>.</p><p>Readers who enjoy Christopher Paul Curtis''s <em>The Watsons Go to Birmingham </em>and Jacqueline Woodson’s <em>Brown Girl Dreaming </em>will find much to love in <em>One Crazy Summer. </em>Rita Williams-Garcia''s books about Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern can also be read alongside nonfiction explorations of American history such as Jason Reynol