Showing 1–3 of 3 titles

• Audience: Middle
• Author: Rita Williams-Garcia
• Format: Book

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  Clayton Byrd Goes Underground

  By Rita Williams-Garcia, Frank Morrison (Illustrator)

  Clayton idolizes his grandfather and mentor, blues legend Cool Papa Byrd. When Cool Papa dies, Clayton adventures underground and emerges with a true blues voice.

  • Fiction, General Fiction
  • Notable Children's Books 2018
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9780062215918
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  Gone Crazy in Alabama

  By Rita Williams-Garcia

  Sisters Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern travel to rural Alabama to visit Big Ma during the summer of 1969, where they find out about southern culture, animal rights, and the strength of their family, both past and present.

  • Fiction, Historical Fiction
  • Notable Children's Books 2016
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9780062215871
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  One Crazy Summer

  By Rita Williams-Garcia

  The voices of sisters Delphine, Vonetta and Fern sing in three-part harmony in this wonderfully nuanced, humorous novel set in 1968 Oakland, Calif. One crazy summer, the three girls find adventure when they are sent to meet their estranged poet-mother Cecile, who prints flyers for the Black Panthers.

  • Fiction, Historical Fiction
  • John Newbery Medal 2011 (Honor Title)
  • Middle
  • ISBN: 9780060760885