This book won a boat load of awards when it was published in 2011. I heard the author speak at the ALSC Institute in Oakland last week. It was fun to read the book, while in Oakland where the story takes place, and right after hearing the author speak. It is a well written book and the characters are authentic and interesting. The girls are plucky but not perfect, and the relationship with the mother is complicated. I am glad that Ms Garcia resists the temptation to write a fairytale-like reconciliation between the girls and their mother at the end. They get to know each other a little better, but that is all. It was an interesting glimpse into a very foreign (to me) time and culture. (218 p)
Sunday, September 28, 2014
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams Garcia
This book won a boat load of awards when it was published in 2011. I heard the author speak at the ALSC Institute in Oakland last week. It was fun to read the book, while in Oakland where the story takes place, and right after hearing the author speak. It is a well written book and the characters are authentic and interesting. The girls are plucky but not perfect, and the relationship with the mother is complicated. I am glad that Ms Garcia resists the temptation to write a fairytale-like reconciliation between the girls and their mother at the end. They get to know each other a little better, but that is all. It was an interesting glimpse into a very foreign (to me) time and culture. (218 p)
Labels:
Historical Fiction,
Realistic Fiction
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