P.S. Be Eleven, (Paperback)

from bell7

Starting right where One Crazy Summer left off, Delphine and her sisters are on their way back to their home in Brooklyn. Still excited after their adventures at the summer camp run by the Black Panthers, now Delphine, Vonetta and Fern, have to live with their Pa, who has a new girlfriend, and hi...

from amandabock

Thoroughly enjoyable, although I wasn't blown away. I enjoy these characters so much, and I was disappointed that there wasn't more development. Perhaps I've been reading too many epic fantasy adventures and I've lost my ability to appreciate quieter realistic fiction. I can't decide if all of th...

from brangwinn

Williams-Garcia continues her story of the Gaither girls when they return to Brooklyn after spending the summer with their activist mother. This is a realistic look at life in the 60's and includes an uncle who returns from the Vietnam Conflict with a heroin addiction. Their dad getting married d...

from Perednia

Engaging sequel to One Crazy Summer that can stand on its own as three African-American sisters return from spending time with their mother in '60s Berkeley to Brooklyn. The give and tack between the sisters felt so real, but as a grown-up I also appreciated insight into the different ways the ad...

from muddyboy

Ms. Garcia presents a very realistic portrayal of three Black sisters growing up in the 1960's. By realistic I mean that their thoughts and actions are very similar to my mindset as a kid. There are joys, sorrows, insecurities and hopes for the future. Very balanced. So why not 5 stars. I think t...