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Feb 18, 2015Chapel_Hill_TishaW rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
In the midst of the 1960's and the Civil Rights Movement, three young African-American sisters are flown from Brooklyn, NY to Oakland, CA to spend a month with the poet-mother who abandoned them six years ago. But instead of bonding with her as they had hoped, Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern are sent to "summer camp" with the Black Panthers. Readers experience the girls' off-the-wall moments through the eyes of Delphine, the responsible eldest sister. This book does an excellent job of addressing differing perspectives and the possibilities for reconciliation--cultural, political, and familial. For a YA book that covers similar ground, try The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon.