Gone Crazy in Alabama

The Coretta Scott King AwardwinningGone Crazy in Alabamaby Newbery Honor andNew York Timesbestselling 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.

Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern are off to Alabama to visit their grandmother Big Ma and her mother, Ma Charles. Across the way lives Ma Charless half sister, Miss Trotter. The two half sisters havent spoken in years. As Delphine hears about her family history, she uncovers the surprising truth thats been keeping the sisters apart. But when tragedy strikes, Delphine discovers that the bonds of family run deeper than she ever knew possible.

Powerful and humorous, this companion to the award-winningOne Crazy SummerandP.S. Be Elevenwill be enjoyed by fans of the first two books, as well as by readers meeting these memorable sisters for the first time.

Readers who enjoy Christopher Paul Curtis'sThe Watsons Go to Birminghamand Jacqueline WoodsonsBrown Girl Dreamingwill find much to love inthis book. Rita Williams-Garcia's books aboutDelphine, Vonetta, and Fern can also be read alongside nonfiction explorations of American history such as Jason Reynolds's andIbram X. Kendi's books.

Each humorous, unforgettable story in this trilogy follows the sisters as they grow up during one of the most tumultuous eras in recent American history, the 1960s. Read the adventures of eleven-year-old Delphine and her younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern, as they visit their kin all over the rapidly changing nationand as they discover that the bonds of family, and their own strength, run deeper than they ever knew possible.

The Gaither sisters are an irresistible trio. Williams-Garcia excels at conveying defining moments of American society from their point of view. Publishers Weekly(starred review)

Coretta Scott King Award winner * ALA Notable Book *School Library JournalBest Book of the Year *KirkusReviewsBest Book of the Year * ALABooklistEditors Choice *Shelf AwarenessBest Book of the Year *Washington PostBest Books of the Year *TheBulletin of the Center for ChildrensBooksBlue Ribbon Book * Three starred reviews * CCBC Choice * New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing * Amazon Best Book of the Year