All three books in the Coretta Scott King Award-winning series by New York Times bestselling author Rita Williams-Garcia are now available in one ebook collection!
Each humorous, unforgettable story follows the Gaither sisters as they grow up during one of the most tumultuous eras in recent American history, the 1960s. 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.
This collection includes One Crazy Summer, a Newbery Honor Book, National Book Award finalist, and winner of the Scott O'Dell Award; P.S. Be Eleven; and Gone Crazy in Alabama, all of which will make the perfect addition to a young reader's growing library.
?A beloved middle grade series.? ?School Library Journal (starred review)
?Funny, wise, poignant, and thought-provoking.? ?Horn Book (starred review)
?The Gaither sisters are an irresistible trio. Williams-Garcia excels at conveying defining moments of American society from their point of view.? ?Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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978-0-06-289111-2 (9780062891112)
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Rita Williams-Garcia's Newbery Honor Book, One Crazy Summer, was a winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award, a National Book Award finalist, the recipient of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, and a New York Times bestseller. The two sequels, P.S. Be Eleven and Gone Crazy in Alabama, were both Coretta Scott King Author Award winners and ALA Notable Children's Books. She is also the author of the NAACP Image Award?winning and National Book Award finalist Clayton Byrd Goes Underground; A Sitting in St. James, a Boston Globe?Horn Book Award winner and Los Angeles Times Book Award winner; Like Sisters on the Homefront, a Coretta Scott King Honor Book; Blue Tights; and four ALA Best Books for Young Adults: Jumped, a National Book Award finalist; No Laughter Here; Every Time a Rainbow Dies, a Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book; and Fast Talk on a Slow Track. Rita Williams-Garcia lives in Jamaica, New York, with her husband and has two adult daughters. You can visit her online at ritawg.com.
