Gone Crazy in Alabama: A Coretta Scott King Award-Winning Novel About Three African American Sisters in the 1960s South for Kids (Ages 8-12) (Ala Notable Children's Books. Middle Readers Book 3)

Gone Crazy in Alabama: A Coretta Scott King Award-Winning Novel About Three African American Sisters in the 1960s South for Kids (Ages 8-12) (Ala Notable Children's Books. Middle Readers Book 3)

<p><strong>Coretta Scott King Award winner * ALA Notable Book * <em>School Library Journal</em> Best Book of the Year * <em>Kirkus</em> <em>Reviews</em> Best Book of the Year * ALA <em>Booklist</em> Editors’ Choice * <em>Shelf Awareness</em> Best Book of the Year * <em>Washington Post</em> Best Books of the Year * <em>The</em> <em>Bulletin of the Center for Children’s</em> <em>Books</em> Blue Ribbon Book * Three starred reviews * CCBC Choice * New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing * Amazon Best Book of the Year</strong></p><p>The Coretta Scott King Award–winning <em>Gone Crazy in Alabama</em> by Newbery Honor and <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author Rita Williams-Garcia tells the story of the Gaither sisters as they travel from the streets of Brooklyn to the rural South for the summer of a lifetime.</p><p>Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern are off to Alabama to visit their grandmother Big Ma and her mother, Ma Charles. Across the way lives Ma Charles’s half sister, Miss Trotter. The two half sisters haven’t spoken in years. As Delphine hears about her family history, she uncovers the surprising truth that’s been keeping the sisters apart. But when tragedy strikes, Delphine discovers that the bonds of family run deeper than she ever knew possible.</p><p>Powerful and humorous, this companion to the award-winning <em>One Crazy Summer</em> and <em>P.S. Be Eleven</em> will be enjoyed by fans of the first two books, as well as by readers meeting these memorable sisters for the first time.</p>