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ONE CRAZY SUMMER

Sharee Miller Rita Williams-Garcia

The Graphic Novel

"I wish I didn't know that I was marching my sisters into a boiling pot of trouble cooking in Oakland."
Eleven-year-old Delphine is like a mother to her two younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern. She's had to be, ever since their mother, Cecile, left them seven years ago for a radical new life in California.

But when the sisters arrive from Brooklyn to spend the summer with their mother in Oakland, Cecile is nothing like they imagined. While the girls hope to go to Disneyland and meet Tinker Bell, their mother sends them to a day camp run by the Black Panthers.

Unexpectedly, Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern learn much about their family, their country, and themselves during one truly crazy summer.

Sharee Miller is the bestselling illustrator and author of Curlfriends: New in Town. She is also known for her acclaimed picture book Don't Touch My Hair. Her other picture books include Princess Hair and Michelle's Garden: How the First Lady Planted Seeds of Change. She is also the illustrator of Sam's Super Seats by Keah Brown and the Shai & Emmie series by Quvenzhané Wallis. Sharee grew up in Saint Thomas, where she was inspired by the bright colors and sunshine of the Caribbean. She is known for her fresh and cheerful characters. Sharee loves creating picture books, graphic novels, and illustrations that depict Black joy.
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Published 2025-05-06 by Quill Tree Books

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A summer trip from New York to California offers three sisters profound, funny, and sometimes difficult lessons in the nature of family and the complexities of racial identity. In the late 1960s, Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern live with their father and their proper, strict grandma, but embark on a trip to visit their estranged mother on the opposite coast.