In the summer of 1968, after traveling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of the intrusion of their visit and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp.
year: 2024
call number/section: 1000, 468
subjects: sisters, juvenile fiction, mothers, poets, african americans, civil rights movements, fiction, spanish language materials, spanish language, black panther party, juvenile fiction, fiction, oakland (calif.), history, 20th century, juvenile fiction, fiction