One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia

As the girls prepare for bed one night, three members of Black Panthers show up asking Cecile if they can use her printer since hers broke down on them while printing out flyers for an upcoming rally against police brutality during which time they call her “Nzila” which means “sister” in Swahili but Delphine and Mae Mobley don’t understand why these men are calling their mom by this name or what it means until later on in life when Nzila becomes more popularly known as Angela Davis who was one of America’s most wanted women back then due to being involved with numerous crimes including murder charges which made both Delphine and Mae Mobley realize why these men were calling Nzila sister considering all of those things happened around this time period too along with other major events such as Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination so now you know why I was saying earlier about how some books have historical significance even though not many people may think so at first glance like I said before… Cecile refuses to allow anyone in the kitchen as well as allowing any help from her daughters by telling them that she’ll do everything herself even though she doesn’t know how. In addition, the girls are also shocked when their mother asks them to buy Chinese takeout for dinner instead of cooking them a real meal.

When they arrive at Cecile’s house, the girls are shocked when Delphine discovers that it is a regular house because Big Ma always told stories about how homeless she was. However, Cecile (their mother) arrives late and is embarrassed to be seen with her daughters. They were excited and thought that they would finally get a good meal. The sisters go to Oakland, California to meet their mother. It’s about Delphine, Vonetta and Afua “Fern” Gaither who go to Oakland, California to spend the summer with their mother Cecile Johnson. One Crazy Summer is a historical novel that was published in 2009. 1-Page Summary of One Crazy Summer Overall Summary

One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia