One Crazy Summer

Summary: Delphine, Fern, and Vonetta go to California in the 1960s to visit their mother whom they haven’t seen in four years. She is not exactly welcoming, and she starts sending the girls to a summer camp run by the Black Panthers. The book traces the girls’ experiences getting to know more about their mother and their African-American heritage. It offers a great inside look at the Black Panther movement of the 60s while maintaining focus on the individual lives of the three girls.