We have previewed our way through 25% of the Tournament of Books choices. This week we are reading One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia. Listen to the Book Club for Kids podcast about this book.
Rita Williams-Garcia has written nine young adult books and received numerous awards. From https://rita-williamsgarcia.squarespace.com/about-me
I always asked for a pencil and paper in kindergarten while my classmates colored pictures. By twelve, I was sending short stories to magazines only to be politely rejected. My family had just moved back to Jamaica, New York after a short stint in Georgia, and before that, California. My sister, brother and I weren’t allowed to play outside in Queens, New York, so I entertained myself by writing stories. I sold my first short story to Highlights Magazine at 14....My writing life is simple. I daydream, observe, listen to music, read, research, love art and I move. I never know what will strike me as an idea or when it will come. With ONE CRAZY SUMMER, it was the image of kids involved with the Black Panther movement of the 1960s.
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