Book review: One Crazy Summer

One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia.

Writing this while I still have tears in my eyes.

What an incredible book. I picked it, tbh, for the cover. Not the one shown here, but the one on the BigBookSellers website. I don't know why it showed up in my library feed but it did, and I borrowed it and read it and loved it.

Delphine. OMG, that child. That wonderful child. She's three things at once. She's herself with her own personality and quirks. She's a child who -there is no doubt in my mind about this- will grow up to be one of those admirable and much admired Black Women who blend strength and compassion and practicality and who know what is needed to make this country, the world, and everyone's lives better. The ones who are vulnerable but lead anyway. And she's also the universal older sister, the one who -transcending color and culture- is made responsible for younger siblings and rises to the occasion because she has no choice.

I'll be reading the sequel. Be eleven, her mother told her. I hope she gets to