Coretta Scott King Award winner ALA Notable Book School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year ALA Booklist Editors' Choice Shelf Awareness Best Book of
the Year Washington Post Best Books of the Year The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Blue Ribbon Book Three starred reviews CCBC Choice New York Public Library 100 Titles for
Reading and Sharing Amazon Best Book of the YearThe Coretta Scott King Award-winning Gone Crazy
in Alabama by Newbery Honor and New York Times bestselling author Rita Williams-Garcia tells
the story of the Gaither sisters as they travel from the streets of Brooklyn to the rural South
for the summer of a lifetime.Delphine Vonetta and Fern are off to Alabama to visit their
grandmother Big Ma and her mother Ma Charles. Across the way lives Ma Charles's half sister
Miss Trotter. The two half sisters haven't spoken in years. As Delphine hears about her family
history she uncovers the surprising truth that's been keeping the sisters apart. But when
tragedy strikes Delphine discovers that the bonds of family run deeper than she ever knew
possible.Powerful and humorous this companion to the award-winning One Crazy Summer and P.S.
Be Eleven will be enjoyed by fans of the first two books as well as by readers meeting these
memorable sisters for the first time.
