One Crazy Summer: the Graphic Novel
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · May 6, 2025
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- Who it’s for
- A lively graphic novel where sisterly bonds meet family upheaval and a summer of unexpected lessons.
- Themes
- Family separation and connection, Sibling responsibility, Family and self-discovery
- Genres
- Black Graphic Novels, Historical Comics, 20th-Century U.S.
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“I wish I didn’t know that I was marching my sisters into a boiling pot of trouble cooking in Oakland…” Eleven-year-old Delphine is like a mother to her two younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern. She's had to be, ever since their mother, Cecile, left them seven years ago for a radical new life in California. But when the sisters arrive from Brooklyn to spend the summer with their mother in Oakland, Cecile is nothing like they imagined.
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While the girls hope to go to Disneyland and meet Tinker Bell, their mother sends them to a day camp run by the Black Panthers. Unexpectedly, Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern learn much about their family, their country, and themselves during one truly crazy summer. This beloved Newbery Honor Book, National Book Award finalist, and Coretta Scott King Award–winning novel about the three unforgettable Gaither sisters has been adapted into a beautiful full-color graphic novel for a new generation, with vibrant art by Sharee Miller.
Sisters, Summer, Change
A lively graphic novel where sisterly bonds meet family upheaval and a summer of unexpected lessons.
Come here for
- Close-knit sister dynamics seen through an eleven-year-old’s eyes
- A child’s perspective on family, country, and a Black Panther day camp
Expect
- A summer that complicates the sisters’ hopes and expectations
- Vibrant full-color art
Where it sits
| Black Graphic Novels | 60% |
|---|---|
| 20th-Century U.S. | 42% |
| Historical Comics | 42% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Classic Adaptations
- Historical Comics
- Black Graphic Novels
- US: African American Stories
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- Multigenerational Families
- Parent-Child Stories
- Sibling Stories
- 20th-Century U.S.
- Authors
- Rita Williams-Garcia
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- May 6, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Family separation and connection · Sibling responsibility · Family and self-discovery
- Reading lane
- Classic Adaptations