One Crazy Summer (novel)

One Crazy Summer
AuthorRita Williams-Garcia
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's historical fiction, realistic fiction
PublisherQuill Tree Books
Publication date
2010
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages218
AwardsCoretta Scott King Author Award
Newbery Medal Honor
Scott O’Dell Award
ISBN9780060760885 (trade bdg.)
Fic
LC ClassPZ7.W6713 On 2010[1]

One Crazy Summer is a historical fiction novel by American author Rita Williams-Garcia, published by Amistad in 2010. The novel is about Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern, three sisters, visiting their mother in Oakland, California, during the summer of 1968.[2]

In the year of its inception, the book was a National Book Award finalist for young people's literature.[3] In 2011 it won the Coretta Scott King Award for its author,[4] the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction,[5] and was a Newbery Medal Honor Book.[6]

  1. ^ "One Crazy Summer" (first edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  2. ^ "One Crazy Summer" (Review). Parravano, Martha V. The Horn Book Magazine, November–December 2010: p. 124. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  3. ^ "National Book Awards (2010)". National Book Foundation. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  4. ^ "Coretta Scott King Book Award Recipients" Archived November 8, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. American Library Association. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  5. ^ "Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction" Archived September 24, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Scott O’Dell Award. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
  6. ^ "Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922-Present".Association for Library Service to Children. Retrieved November 22, 2014.