Award-winning author Rita Williams-Garcia tells the story of three young sisters on a summer adventure visiting their mother in California in One Crazy Summer. Visions of Disneyland and palm trees dissolve quickly when they realize their trip will be less vacation, and more adaptation to a strange neighborhood. The sisters learn about social activism, how they can help make a difference, and that there is more to summer than lazy days doing nothing. These girls are busy, independent, and fun. Readers will enjoy watching the girls make friends, and enemies, while also learning about Civil Rights in the summer of 1968, all while trying to get to know their mother, whom they have not seen in years. This book is sure to captivate young readers, and would be a complement to a social studies curriculum as well.
